ICO 2.0: How Will Big Bitcoin-Buying Institutions React to Inevitable Crypto Market Froth?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The years 2017 and 2018 were some of the frothiest, wildest times in crypto market history. Their fallout also dragged the industry down for years, leaving an unmistakable stench of scam for many. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thus far in this market cycle, much of those excesses have been avoided. Attention and energy has largely been focused on the rise of institutional bitcoin players, or other areas like decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFT) that, while some of the prices might be shocking, at least are full of good faith actors.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at some of the more concerning recent trends that have the stench of 2017 all over them. Can we avoid another cycle where “alt season” games drag down everything else? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Part of the answer to that may lie in how bitcoin’s new institutional buyers react to the froth. </span></p> <div data-pm-slice="0 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true">--</div> <div>Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io</div> <div>--</div> <div>Enjoying this content?</div> <div> </div> <div>SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast</div> <div>Apple:  https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb</div> <div>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ</div> <div>Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=</div> <div> </div> <div>Follow on Twitter:</div> <div>NLW: https://twitter.com/nlw</div> <div>Breakdown: <a href="https://twitter.com/BreakdownNLW" rev= "en_rl_none">https://twitter.com/BreakdownNLW</a></div> <div> </div> <div>The Breakdown is produced and distributed by CoinDesk.com</div>