>>47534102>2016: Fringe influencers like AlphaInvestments and Smpratte start telling people to invest in cards >2017: PWCC essentially becomes an investment bank >2019: Trading cards get their first mainstream influencer with Gary Vee >2020: More Influencers get in on the action >2021: The crypto and course crowds get in on cards, and billionaires buy up grading companies With the exception of 2018 (which was a down year due to the crypto crash causing FUD in all alternative asset markets), every year since 2016 has had significant positive developments for trading cards as an asset class. In fact, the trend trading cards have been following has been remarkably similar to the trend crypto has followed. So anyone saying this is a bubble is dead wrong. This is a fast-emerging asset market, just like crypto. Just look at the charts.
