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Remember when Bitcoin was trading under a grand? Feels like ancient history now.
That 2017 bull run was absolutely insane. We're talking about Bitcoin climbing from around $900 to $20,000 in a single year. I mean, that's over 20x gains. Most people had no idea what was coming.
The craziest part? Watching it happen in real time back then. Every week felt like a new ATH. CNBC was covering it, your barber was asking about it, random people on Twitter were becoming millionaires overnight. The FOMO was absolutely real.
Looking back now, that 2017 Bitcoin price explosion basically introduced crypto to the mainstream. Before that, most people thought it was just some internet money thing. After that run, everyone wanted a piece of the action.
Of course, what goes up came down hard in 2018. But that's how these cycles work. The 2017 Bitcoin rally set the stage for everything that followed. Every bull cycle since has been measured against that historic run.
Wild to think about where we are now with Bitcoin trading way higher than that $20K level. The market's matured a lot since those early days, but that 2017 price movement? That's still the moment that changed everything for crypto.