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The Bitcoin Bubble Will Burst, Just Wait

If you invested in the markets circa 1999, it is hard to observe the Bitcoin mania and not experience the feeling that you've seen this movie before and know how it will end -- in losses and tears. The Internet was a great idea that convinced a lot of great minds to invest capital and energy into businesses that have transformed the world -- Amazon, eBay, Cisco, PayPal ... the list is very long (though, in fairness, the list of non-survivors is even longer -- but they are not here to remind us of their nonexistence).

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