Crypto bros, scalpers and Logan Paul: Inside the world of Pokémon where cards are sold for millions

A Pokémon card boom is being driven by nostalgia, blockbuster card sales and speculation.

It's kind of like a Pokémon renaissance: Investors are now watching the Pokémon card index as scalpers, Logan Paul and crypto bros drive up demand

With all the hype around outsized returns, it’s not surprising that trading cards are attracting fans and investors alike.
Reader's Digest

Your Old Pokémon Cards Could Actually Be a Lucrative Investment—But Is This Really a Good Financial Strategy?

Somewhere in my basement, there’s a blue Trapper Keeper filled with approximately 400 (give or take 1,000) Pokémon cards, two crumpled pack wrappers and a perfectly preserved Fruit Roll-Up from 2007.
The Straits Times

Inside Singapore’s Pokemon trading boom where millions in cash are swopped for rare cards

SINGAPORE -On a Saturday in May at the Singapore Expo, a crowd gathered around a booth in the middle of the exhibition hall. People craned their necks, phones raised, trying to catch a glimpse.
The Conversation

Why are people obsessed with (and stealing) Pokemon cards again?

In 1973, Japanese food company Calbee started attaching free collectable baseball player cards to its potato chip packets (and continues to do so today). It was mimicking a trend that had already ...