Niall Ferguson: Bitcoin is one of the biggest bubbles in financial history

A historian’s bubble-risk take on bitcoin, framed with comparisons to past financial manias.

BitcoinAsset bubblesintermediateasset bubblebitcoincryptocurrency valuationfinancial historymarket irrationalityspeculationNiall Ferguson

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