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We're all pretty aware that crypto probably isn't, erm, what you'd call a safe investment for the future. Especially since, as of earlier this year, it's apparently in a "collateral death spiral" . Which doesn't sound great.

But if you made a different bet—say, by purchasing Old School RuneScape bonds, converting them into gp, and then ruthlessly violating the terms of service to peddle that gold to players for real cash, you would've outperformed one of the biggest cryptocurrencies , Ethereum, this year.

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If you bought Coal on Runescape 1 year ago you outperformed Ethereum pic.twitter.com/oBrRgND1ET May 4, 2026

And coal, of course, being… coal.…