Bữa tiệc tiền mật mã đã tàn

ngành tiền mật mã dựa trên huênh hoang khoác lác, nhiệt tình và lạc quan thì cả 3 yếu tố này giờ đều ko còn,

thị trường giảm, lạm phát, chiến tranh, từ khi bitcoin đạt đỉnh tháng 11/2021, gần 2.000 tỷ usd giá trị tiền mật mã đã bị thổi bay, bitcoin giảm thê thảm 69%

On Super Bowl Sunday, a Crypto.com ad featuring billionaire NBA star LeBron James lit up millions of Americans’ TVs. “If you want to make history, you gotta call your own shots,” Mr. James said in the 30-second spot for the popular cryptocurrency-trading platform. The words that splashed across the screen as the commercial ended read “Fortune favors the brave.”

Last week, Crypto.com laid off 5% of its workforce as its chief executive officer said on Twitter that the company was making “difficult and necessary decisions.”

The cryptocurrency industry was built in part on swagger (thái độ nghênh ngang, vẻ vênh váo; huênh hoang khoác lác), enthusiasm and optimism. Bitcoin backers’ rallying cry to rebuff (cự tuyệt, khước từ) skeptics (kẻ hoài nghi) was, “Have fun staying poor.” Those who didn’t buy in were letting the future pass them by.

At times, crypto has looked like a combination of Beanie Babies, dot-com stocks and the Velvet Underground: It is manic, it is money, and all the cool people are into it. It has also shared characteristics with other bubbles (bong bóng) throughout history, marked by speculation (đầu cơ) bordering on delusion (ảo tưởng), disregard (không đếm xỉa đến, coi nhẹ) and disrespect (bất kính, vô lễ) for risk, and greed (lòng tham).

Now, with markets sliding and inflation (lạm phát) plaguing (dịch bệnh hoành hành) the global economy, cryptocurrencies have been among the first assets sold. Since bitcoin hit an all-time high in November, roughly $2 trillion of cryptocurrency value—more than two-thirds of all the crypto that existed—has been erased. Bitcoin itself has plunged to $21,206, roughly 69% off its all-time high of $67,802.30. Crypto exchanges are bleeding (rỉ máu, đổ máu) users, crypto companies are laying off workers with at least one contemplating restructuring.

The crypto world is no stranger to booms (bùng nổ) and busts (nổ tung, suy thoái), which many in the industry refer to as “winters.” But many investors and workers are feeling this crypto crash more acutely than previous ones. When the dust settles, some crypto products and companies may no longer exist.

“The reality is that like stock, with crypto, everyone is a genius in a bull market,” said Mark Cuban, who became a billionaire during the dot-com boom in the ’90s and has more recently invested in a number of crypto projects. “Now that prices are falling for both, those companies that were unnaturally sustained by easy money will go away.”

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