Line goes up.
But for real, bitcoin and crypto is built on such shaky ground. Tether is a great example of this. 99% of people who have bitcoin are invested to make money, not because they believe it’s the future of finance.
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Wait until options trading on the tracking ETFs go live soon. Things are going to get wilder than ever
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bitcoins and eth are prolly gonna be ok but when rando alt coins turn out to be a scam they generally tank the whole crypto market like in 2022 
There’s a risk on attitude now in anticipation of US government change + bond market expectations. However, I feel this move is going to be a shorter term cycle, perhaps 2-4 years. Longer term rates (i.e. 10+ year bonds) are looking to stay higher, and so I think growth in risk assets will continue over the next 10 years, but at a slower pace than say 2010-2020 or so when rates were at record lows before they tightened things down after Covid.
I think collectibles could see a move up at some point during this cycle as people will inevitably take profits to buy other goods and assets that look potentially ‘undervalued’, or to just cash out and enjoy life, etc.
Anyway, BTC tends to lead almost all the other markets in either direction is what I’ve observed. The traders have to know everything to successfully trade it compared to almost any other asset, so I personally use it as a good indicator for other investments I own and where they’ll most likely be headed in the short and longer term.
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One more crypto note: crypto even to a greater level than the economy, is controlled by a small portion of holders. It’s another way where wealth is being transferred upwards. Whenever there is a winner in crypto, there eventually has to be a loser, and crypto has fewer, bigger winners, but a lot more losers.
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IMO crypto is the main highlight now due to USA being pro crypto, which also concurrently has stocks up. With all these profits, it will trickle into hobby scenes.
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Things are continuing to feel spicier than usual. Is a Pokemon Pocket boom upon us?
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BTC is 98k SOL is 250…forget pocket!
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So, the market has spoken. Old certs are, in fact, worth double the price of new certs 
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Two videos within a few hours from James and Rudy calling this market the strongest ever. If this were the stock market I would say it is definitely time to get a little cautious. Feels like the euphoria stage is here
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I’ve been thinking the same thing every week for a month now. And every week gengar vmax goes up another $200.
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And it keeps going up 
It’s crazy seeing the prices of some cards right now. Not only is the Gengar Vmax still climbing, tons of other modern (and vintage) PSA 10s are going for high prices, and Mario Pikas are flying off the shelves at prices in excess of $8k when they were only $5k in the not so distant past. I told myself I would buy a Mario Pika at some point because I like the card but I think for $8-9k I simply cannot justify it.
How long does this climb continue?
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Gengar VMAX is one of two alt arts I pulled in the SWSH era (Golurk being the other lol) with my seldom pack openings
So it was one of the only modern cards I have kept slabbed and graded a 10 myself, since last year when I moved most of my modern slabs into my Rayquaza GS purchase or out of the hobby in general.
But it’s pretty much at the point where I may sell this gengar too because the market definitely values it WAY more than me, despite me putting heavy value on my specific copy (which is why I didn’t move it last year)
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Bro gonna never get a Mario pikachu at this rate. That card will always go up overtime. Bite the bullet cause before you know it that card will be a 5 figure card.
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Modern is in a bubble
XY Era sealed product is booming
Vintage is just starting to tick up
No one wants to play with vintage japanese set cards atm though
The fact you can get most Split Earth holos in PSA 10 for less than $500 is a crime.
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Who in their right mind would sell a Mario or Luigi Pikachu at this point. Unless you were sitting on a stack of them and trying to cash out. I am guessing there aren’t a whole bunch coming on to the market at this point.
It is a much cooler card than blankBreon or Van Gogh Pikachu and a fraction of the psa 10 population. If you sell now, I think you would be paying more for a replacement even after the current bubble pops.
Maybe I am biased because it was a souvenir from my first trip to Japan, but I wouldn’t sell my Luigi Pikachu until it got up to mid to high 5 figures/6 figures. Or I lost my job and needed to pay my mortgage and already sold everything that wasn’t bolted down.
The set of cards are the fusion of two of the top 10 most iconic video game characters of all time. The only thing I would hold on tighter to would be a Cloud Pikachu. (Quick get SQEX on the phone).
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Modern is out of control right now (source: my webapp which tracks graded ebay sales). Kingdra ex and Greninja ex promos up 100+% in half a month is crazy. Vintage on the other hand is only seeing moderate to no gains.
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taking too long again.