I think it's somewhat comparable to Tulip mania[0] which happened in the 1600s. If you want to read up on bubbles, you won't be disappointed with that story. T

I think it's somewhat comparable to Tulip mania[0] which happened in the 1600s. If you want to read up on bubbles, you won't be disappointed with that story. The TL;DR is people were selling their homes to buy tulip bulbs because they were certain they were going to flip them for massive profit. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania