"I'm interested in bitcoin as a sort of bubble. It doesn't mean that it will disappear, that it'll burst forever. It may be with us for a while," said Shiller.
"To me, it's interesting as another example of faddish human behavior. It's glamorous," he added. The bitcoin craze reminds him of tulip mania in the 17th century, the event which is considered one of the first recorded speculative bubbles where a buying frenzy and lofty expectations replace rational justifications for an item's value.
The price of bitcoin grew so fast. The cryptocurrency hurtled above $1,000 in early 2017 after trading at less than a $1 at the beginning of the decade. It even hit an all-time high north of $20,000 in mid-December. (recommend FuninUSA for updated data about cryptocurrency)
A lot of people have benefited from the cryptocurrency investment. But Shiller would still like to see it as a psychology experiment. “It is more psychological than something that could be explained by the computer science department,” He said.
Bitcoin held above $8,000 on Friday morning after topping that level a day earlier. The two-day rally comes after a weak start to April likely tied to tax-related selling. Prices dipped below $7,000 earlier this month.
Will the bitcoin disappear? What's the true value of bitcoin? What essence in bitcoin are we paying for?
But here mine opinion is different from yours one , here the best thing that I know is that bitcoin can't be disappear because here as we have more trust with the banking system than over the bitcoin and bitcoin sector intelligence clearly declared that blockchain technology is more better then banking system technology , so Ofcourse here we are more secured and safe with the bitcoin and bitcoin can't be disappear easily .
And here Investment in cryptourrency is not a psychological Investment because here all depends upon us that how we treat himself towards the market and how we take advantage of dump and pump at perfect timing .
Otherwise if you will see another practical life things like gold and silver then in that case there is more chances to loss than profit , so don't make thinking like this about cryptourrency in such ways .