It's a bit of an understatement to say that Bitcoin has had a wild run in the past couple of days, hitting an all-time high above $18,000 on Thursday only to plunge about $3,000 within hours. By mid-Friday, Bitcoin prices seemed to be in a slow, rocky descent. And Twitter, of course, was there for market watchers to chronicle the madness.
Whether trolling for retweets by promising to share nonexistent Bitcoins or updating favorite memes, there was plenty of fun to be had. Here are some highlights:
Conversation over today's coffee. WIFE: "Bitcoin is at $13K. I told you we should buy!" ME "It's a tulip bubble" WIFE: "That's what you said at $2K" ME: "Well, even bigger bubble now" WIFE "I can't believe anybody actually pays you to talk about money…"
— Moshe A. Milevsky (@RetirementQuant) December 7, 2017
Mr. Bit Coin is getting all of the attention. I'm bummed pic.twitter.com/iBvCAtKrYc
— Jim Cramer (@jimcramer) December 8, 2017
Co-worker: "Are you investing in bitcoin?"
Me: "Steve one of my shoes is held together with tape and I don't have time to understand your invisible nerd dollars"— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) December 8, 2017
A boy asked his bitcoin-investing dad for 1 bitcoin for his birthday.
Dad: What? $15,554??? $14,354 is a lot of money! What do you need $16,782 for anyway?
— Ran Neu-Ner (@cryptomanran) December 8, 2017
My wife is desperately pulling the cushions off the couch, trying to find the Bitcoin she dropped last year.
— Jonathan Clements (@ClementsMoney) December 8, 2017
2016: Bitcoin is going to revolutionize the global payments system!
2017: YOU PAID IN BITCOIN! WHAT DID YOU DO???
— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) December 7, 2017
— Ivan the K™ (@IvanTheK) December 8, 2017
#Bitcoin: World's biggest bank with no actual cash.@Uber: World's largest taxi company that owns no vehicles.@facebook: World's most popular media, creates no content.@Airbnb: World's largest accommodation provider, owns no real estate.
Times are changing people.
— Bitcoin (@btc) December 8, 2017
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