In 2009, we witnessed the emergence of a first fully decentralized cryptocurrency called Bitcoin. Fast forward it to 2017 and people are investing in cryptocurrencies of over 900 types and 215 assets. In these eight years, the entire cryptocurrency market cap has gone from nothing to a whopping $145 billion.

Needless to say this market has made people millions of dollars who invested early. That being said, in grand scheme of things the market cap will swell even more because as compared to all the world’s money, crypto market is tiny as illustrated by the following image.