Pokemon Card Mania Sparks Bubble Fear: "Just Doing A Crazy Bull Run"

The hyperscaler and neocloud bubble has dominated the attention of traders and investors this fall as cracks emerge in the AI data center buildout craze. But a much smaller speculative bubble has emerged in Pokémon cards, echoing the Beanie Baby pump-and-dump craze of the late 1990s. 

A PSA 10 Aquapolis Crystal Lugia just sold for $360,000 again, tying the record from earlier this month; in August one sold for $148,511, per . New floor or the top?
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"Facebook Marketplace is littered with people offloading under market. Sealed is going up 20-30% week over week of some generations. Card shows becoming much more frequent. Restocks happening consistently. Seems like market is just doing a crazy bull run, anyone worried about the drop off?" one Redditor recently wrote in the subreddit PokemonInvesting.

A sealed Pokémon Yellow in PSA 10?! 🤯🎮

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Originally reported by ZeroHedge News
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