David J. Farber is distinguished professor and co-director of the Cyber Civilization Research Center at Keio University in Tokyo. Dan Gillmor, professor of practice at Arizona State University, is a senior fellow at Keio's Cyber Civilization Research Center.
The recent meltdown in values for cryptocurrencies and related assets was entirely predictable and overdue. But that does not signal a great opportunity for you, or anyone with an ounce of common sense, to buy into this so-called market now or anytime in the foreseeable future.