The crypto-token ether sure seems like a currency. But ether isn’t a currency. Because most people who trade it don’t really understand or care about its true purpose, the price of ether has bubbled and frothed like bitcoin in recent weeks.
Bitcoin’s nine-year ascent has been marked with enormous bouts of volatility. As I noted last week, there was an 85% correction in January 2015, and a few others over 60%, including a colossal 93% drawdown in 2011.