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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Seeing the whole thing as Knowingly Trading in Hype is actually a really good insight.

Certainly it neatly explains a lot.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

Also called a Ponzi scheme, where every participant knows it's a scam, but hopes to find some more fools before it crashes and leave with positive balance.