I've taken to mentioning Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading to random people I meet, just to see what awareness is out there. I meet few who are aware and those that are aware are wary. So in Oxnard CA the hype does not seem to have started.

As the dot com bubble was inflating, we didn't really have the internet as we know it today, IMHO. Now we meet in virtual locales like this through our shared interest in the topic, so it may provide the illusion that awareness and the hype is widespread.

I don't watch TV and have not for about 14 years. Are there TV ads encouraging people to invest in cryptos? That would be a harbinger of the bubble ready to burst.

Regards,
Rick