We're all pretty aware that crypto probably isn't, erm, what you'd call a safe investment for the future. Especially since, as of earlier this year, it's apparently in a "collateral death spiral". Which doesn't sound great.
But if you made a different bet—say, by purchasing Old School RuneScape bonds, converting them into gp, and then ruthlessly violating the terms of service to peddle that gold to players for real cash, you would've outperformed one of the biggest cryptocurrencies, Ethereum, this year.
To be clear, I'm not saying you should've done that. But hypothetically if you did, and you were able to find a buyer that'd match the money you put into those bonds to buy coal 1:1, it is a statistical fact you would've made more moolah.
That's per X account Arkham, which tracks all sort of cryptocurrency trading stuff (thanks,
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