- Eric Balchunas dismisses Bitcoin-tulip bubble comparison.
- Bitcoin has endured 17 years with 50% annual returns.
- Bitcoin’s comparison to gold emphasizes value beyond a bubble.
Bloomberg’s Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas dismisses comparison between Bitcoin and 17th-century ‘Tulip Mania,’ emphasizing Bitcoin’s resilience and significant long-term returns.
Balchunas’ analysis highlights Bitcoin’s maturity as a stable asset class, potentially influencing institutional interest and market perceptions, distinguishing it from historical speculative bubbles.
Bitcoin: A Resilient Asset, Not Tulip Mania
Bitcoin’s durability showcases its resilience through six to seven boom-bust cycles, maintaining a long-term annualized return of around 50%. This strengthens the narrative of Bitcoin as an investable and durable asset class.
Market reaction to Balchunas’ comments has underscored Bitcoin’s perceived resilience and drawn parallels to non-productive assets like gold. Notably, the crypto community has amplified these sentiments, viewing Bitcoin’s 17-year history as proof of its market staying power.
Tulip Mania vs. Bitcoin: Historical and Market Resilience
Did you know? In contrast to Bitcoin’s 17-year resilience, Tulip Mania collapsed within just three years without recovery, highlighting Bitcoin’s long-term stability as a financial asset.
Bitcoin (BTC), currently valued at $89,836.11, boasts a market capitalization of 1.79 trillion dollars, maintaining a dominance of 58.96% in the cryptocurrency market. Despite a 90-day decline of 20.03%, it has shown resilience with a 0.12% increase in the last 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap.
Bitcoin(BTC), daily chart, screenshot on CoinMarketCap at 17:01 UTC on December 7, 2025. Source: CoinMarketCapInsights from Coincu research suggest that Bitcoin’s proven resilience may bolster its consideration in regulated financial products. Historical data supports its place alongside enduring, non-productive store-of-value assets like gold, similar to observations of Bitcoin’s Sharpe ratio analysis.
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Source: https://coincu.com/bitcoin/bitcoin-resilience-not-tulip-mania/



