The house that the previous generation bought for $50,000 in 1980 is now worth $2.3 million. But what they can't understand is that this appreciation can't last forever—because the only remaining buyers willing to take over are their children, who have long been pushed out of the market by soaring housing prices.
Ultimately, real estate for them is just a memecoin. The price surge isn't driven by fundamentals but by a continuous influx of buyers. Once there are no more takers, the game is over.
This logic applies equally to the crypto market. Any asset—houses, coins, NFTs—once its appreciation is mainly driven by "the next fool will buy it for more," rather than real economic value, a bubble burst is only a matter of time. The wealth gap between generations is widening, new entrants are decreasing, and the market's sustainability is becoming increasingly fragile.
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StablecoinGuardian
· 22h ago
That's a really harsh statement. Houses and shitcoins are essentially the same; they're just waiting for the next sucker to buy in.
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ImpermanentSage
· 23h ago
This is just a Ponzi scheme in disguise, with houses, coins, and NFTs all following the same logic.
Our generation is truly the most heavily exploited...
Without new blood entering the market, it's doomed—it's that simple.
Housing prices have increased 46 times? Haha, just wait and see, it won't last.
The crypto world and the real estate market are both playing a game of "hot potato."
The wealth code of the previous generation is our nightmare.
The meme coin analogy is perfect; essentially, houses are just large-scale stock manipulations.
If there are no new players in the pool, this show can't go on.
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PrivateKeyParanoia
· 23h ago
The analogy of turning a house into a memecoin is brilliant; essentially, it's a large-scale rug pull.
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GateUser-cff9c776
· 23h ago
Absolutely amazing, the analogy that real estate is like on-chain memecoin really hit home for me.
To be honest, once the supply and demand curve breaks, both spot and futures markets are doomed.
The next generation has no money to take over, and the outcome of this game has already been written.
The NFT market is like this now: as long as no one buys, the floor price drops straight down.
No matter how alluring the bubble aesthetics are, they can't save assets without fundamentals.
The house that the previous generation bought for $50,000 in 1980 is now worth $2.3 million. But what they can't understand is that this appreciation can't last forever—because the only remaining buyers willing to take over are their children, who have long been pushed out of the market by soaring housing prices.
Ultimately, real estate for them is just a memecoin. The price surge isn't driven by fundamentals but by a continuous influx of buyers. Once there are no more takers, the game is over.
This logic applies equally to the crypto market. Any asset—houses, coins, NFTs—once its appreciation is mainly driven by "the next fool will buy it for more," rather than real economic value, a bubble burst is only a matter of time. The wealth gap between generations is widening, new entrants are decreasing, and the market's sustainability is becoming increasingly fragile.