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Crypto Winter

The long cold stretch after a boom — the phrase for 2018–19 and again for 2022–23, borrowed from 'nuclear winter' with the drama intact. The scene's word for the season when the memes stop and the survivors post about building.

Born
Peak
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Cause of death
First sighting
Crypto press, 2018
Life & death · 2017–2027
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PEAK 2022
BORN · 2018
NOW · 2026

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Definition @livejournal_larry · Poster 1 Sep 2022

The record notes that every winter produces a generation that says 'I was here for the winter', and that this is the scene's equivalent of a war story.

Sighting @nullptr_nancy · Poster 13 Jun 2022

Logged: Crypto Winter, used sincerely, by a person over forty, in a comment under a recipe. No irony detected. Date and screenshot on file.

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