(cover art) TL;DR All of crypto is accepting and suffering from an association with toxic financial speculation, but not all of crypto needs to be. Crypto has birthed the latest reincarnation of populist speculation, following tulip mania, the South Sea bubble, and bucket shops among others. Glancing backward in time, the pattern seems to be:new financial tools bring speculation to a mass market →massive popularity as an opportunity for easy money →series of volatile market swings and brutal ...