For today’s short-sighted, sophomoric, hubristic, avaricious, and “bubble drunk” trader bros, the Dot-com bubble may as well be a long-past historic era like WW I, WW II, etc.
They’ve little sense or knowledge of history.
As someone who appreciates history, I find it bizarre.
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Why are the markets going ballistic? Why is Bitcoin soaring? What explains the rise of the Robinhood traders?
The answer is the incredible amount of new liquidity looking for a home ->
To understand the implications of rampant money printing (see chart above) and the speculative manias & false booms that it unleashes, I implore you to read this excellent free ebook, "Dying of Money: Lessons of the Great German & American Inflations":
Please pay attention to Germany's hyperinflation, esp. in the early stages. Read about the stock trading mania, the false economic boom that resulted from all of the newly printed money, and how it all ended in tears.
Now, here's my major, nagging doubt and concern about Bitcoin & other cryptos, which explains why I've never been a fanatic of them, like so many people are today:
An important feature of good money & a store of value is scarcity.