The Big Short

The Big Short comes with the kind of name that makes people expect a commentary on finance before they know anything else. By our assessment, it is just another cryptocurrency entry in a crowded field, so whatever edge it has comes mostly from branding and the mood attached to the name. That can work for attention, but it does not create the stable, day-to-day usefulness that a payment coin or a more established token tries to have. In practice, this sort of project tends to be carried by story and trading interest, which means the user is dealing with sentiment more than with substance. Against stronger, better-known cryptocurrencies, The Big Short would sit far down the list for anyone judging by actual utility rather than by cleverness of name. It is the kind of coin that makes sense only if the surrounding joke is the point.