“No, there is NO way to properly short the bitcoin 'bubble'. Any strategy that doesn’t entail options is nonergodic (subjected to blow up). Just as one couldn’t rule out 5K, then 10K, one can’t rule out 100K.”
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-11/cant-rule-out-100000-taleb-warns-futures-traders-no-way-properly-short-bitcoin-bubbl

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