The Pokémon Card Boom Was Built on a Lie

The Pokémon card boom didn’t end. It changed. At its peak, a single card sold for $369,000. Sealed boxes were flipping for 5x retail. And millions of people convinced themselves these weren’t collectibles anymore… They were investments. But behind the scenes, something didn’t add up. Supply was exploding. Grading backlogs were piling up. And the people entering the market weren’t collectors… They were betting on the next buyer. So what actually happens when a hobby turns into a financial market? And what happens when that belief starts to crack? This is the story of how Pokémon cards became a $10B market… and what happened when the hype collided with reality. #Pokemon #PokemonCards #MarketCrash #InflectionPoint #BusinessAnalysis