The Bitcoin Craze

Bitcoin Is a 'Self-Fulfilling Bubble,' Roubini Warns

A Fed president predicts the Bitcoin boom won’t last.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/business/rosengren-bitcoin.html

Bitcoin’s Value Is All in the Eye of the ‘Bithodler’
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bitcoins-value-is-all-in-the-eye-of-the-bithodler-11613826002

Schrödinger’s Bitcoin

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/bitcoin-bubble-price-volatility-investment-risk-by-willem-h-buiter-2021-02

Bitcoin Mining Is Big in China. Why Investors Should Worry.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/bitcoin-mining-in-xinjiang-china-could-be-a-red-flag-for-regulators-51613764881

With Bitcoin Breaking $50,000, Even Wall Street Skeptics Must Pay Attention

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-17/with-bitcoin-breaking-50-000-even-wall-street-skeptics-must-pay-attention

Bitcoin’s $50,000 FOMO Is Overpowering Bankers
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-17/can-bitcoin-and-banks-mix-responsibly-the-dangers-of-taking-elon-musk-s-cue
The Fear of Missing Out is rippling through business and finance. But not everyone can be Elon Musk.

 
‘Digital tulip’ or new asset class? Bitcoin’s bid to go mainstream [Restricted Access]
https://www.ft.com/content/7ac6c3a6-3fed-4dd9-8a69-939ad6094933

The environmental idiocy of Tesla’s bitcoin bet [Restricted Access]
https://www.ft.com/content/a9bd5b42-272e-465c-9284-9fe2a7906f48 

Bitcoin’s Volatility Should Burn Investors. It Hasn’t.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-15/personal-finance-bitcoin-s-volatility-should-burn-investors-it-hasn-t
Bitcoin’s Latest Record Run Is Less Volatile Than the 2017 Boom
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-15/bitcoin-s-latest-record-run-is-less-volatile-than-the-2017-boom

My take:
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/532811-what-is-behind-the-recent-surge-in-the-price-of-bitcoin