Economists Predict Next Crypto Surge Is Probably Just Air

The digital phantom known as Cardano has, predictably, shed whatever ephemeral value it once claimed to possess. Following the latest tremors in the ever-unstable cryptocurrency ecosystem, its price now hovers precariously around a figure that, frankly, means little outside the frantic echo chambers of online forums. Apparently, the current market malaise is generously attributed to the ongoing pantomime of the US-China trade war, lending an almost comical air of geopolitical gravitas to what often feels like a global game of digital hot potato.

One might question how a virtual token’s worth is so intimately tied to tariffs and diplomatic spats between superpowers, but then, one might also question a great many things about the entire enterprise. As the dust settles, or rather, the digital smoke clears, the inevitable quest for the "next big thing" begins anew. Rest assured, legions of prognosticators are already sharpening their digital pencils, ready to declare the next abstract asset that will, for a glorious few days, defy the very concept of tangible worth before inevitably returning to earth – or, more accurately, disappearing into the ether from whence it came.