If we really get a Nov'13 like megabubble it doesn't really matter though, because the money that comes into crypto through those bubbles will probably trickle down into altcoins and if the next bubble is the same magnitude as the one in 2013 then we can expect about 60 billion USD rushing into crypto.
But that's just speculation. The realist in me kind of doubts it will happen.
What would be way more exciting is if XEM ten-folds independently from bitcoin because of deals made by Dragonfly/Mijin for instance.
That 60 billion figure is getting mixed up with market cap which is pretty much meaningless. If sixty billion of real expenditure poured in you'd be paying tens of thousands for your Bitcoin. I'm sure late 2013 attracted a decent amount of cash but it probably was tens of millions.
NEM is one of the very few projects that might be able to step away from BTC on its own terms. I'm kinda surprised it isn't being talked about more considering there are coins which promise the world and effectively do nothing gathering more excitement.
Yup, that is true. I was using marketcap figures. The exact amount is definitely a lot less. But I would say it's definitely more than tens of millions. My guess is at least hundreds of millions.
And I agree, NEM is hugely undervalued right now. I guess it's not being talked about a lot, because of image/marketing problems. The "New Economy Movement" thing turned a lot of people off.