The stock market is backed by over a century of use and ownership in a profitable company, so we can at least assume it will trend upward. Bitcoin is backed by

The stock market is backed by over a century of use and ownership in a profitable company, so we can at least assume it will trend upward. Bitcoin is backed by the idea that it will be more valuable in the future, we have no idea if a permanent crash will occur. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_fool_theory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_fool_theory