An interesting little fact from this month's 'Prospect' magazine.
At the height of the Tulip Bulb mania in 1637, the Dutch East India Company was valued at 78m Guilders, which in today's money equates to $7.9 trillion.
By contrast, Apple, the highest valued company in the world today is worth a paltry $900 billion.
Makes Bitcoin look like a mere ripple, doesn't it?
