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2018 crypto crash

In 2018, the value of many types of digital currencies, or "crypto," fell a lot. This crash happened because people had grown too optimistic about how much their crypto was worth. People were investing a lot of money into crypto hoping it would become more valuable, but then the value of crypto suddenly dropped and a lot of people lost a lot of money.
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