2017 Euphoria Basket (Google Trends)
Stacked-area of 2017-cycle-marker terms ('ICO', 'mining rig', 'hardware wallet', 'altcoin', 'bitcoin millionaire', 'coinbase app', 'bitcoin atm'). Identifies cycle-similarity zones — when these terms re-accelerate, the market may be entering a 2017-style speculative phase.
What is it?
A stacked-area chart of 7 terms that defined the 2017 cycle : 'ICO', 'altcoin', 'mining rig', 'hardware wallet', 'bitcoin millionaire', 'coinbase app', 'bitcoin atm'. When these terms re-accelerate, the market may be entering a 2017-style speculative phase.
How to read
Each color band represents one term's contribution to the basket. Total height = aggregated retail attention. Compare the shape vs the original 2017 peak — a similar stacked silhouette suggests cycle-similarity.
Key zones
Top-4 basket sum above ~200 historically marks ICO-mania territory (saturation — the 2017 December peak printed 294). Sub-50 = the basket is dormant, no 2017-style mania in play. Cycle-similarity verdict requires comparison with the modern retail basket.
What to observe
Watch for 'ICO' or 'mining rig' breakouts — these are 2017-specific markers that, if they re-accelerate, suggest the speculative phase mirrors the previous mania (often a precursor to a top within 6-9 months). If only modern terms (memecoin, airdrop) are rising while the 2017 basket stays low, the speculative phase is different in character.
Historical context
The top-4 stored 2017 basket peaked December 2017 at 294 (the top-4 terms hit ICO + altcoin + hardware wallet + coinbase app simultaneously). It crashed back to ~80 by mid-2018 and has not exceeded ~215 since — meaning the 2021 and 2024 cycles did NOT re-use the 2017 speculative vocabulary. The full 7-term basket would have peaked higher in 2017 ; v1.4 architectural extension will display the full basket once schema migration is shipped.
Expert notes
The absence of 2017-vocabulary re-acceleration in 2021/2024 is a strong cycle-different indication — retail rotated to new narratives (memecoins, NFTs, airdrops). Each cycle has its own speculative vocabulary; Trinity tracks both legacy and modern baskets to measure cohort change. Note v1.3 : the chart is rendered from the top-4 most-trafficked terms stored at DB level (typically ICO / altcoin / mining rig / hardware wallet on a cycle-peak date) ; the full 7-term basket is fetched daily and the wider rendering will be enabled in a future architectural extension.
Common mistakes to avoid
Do not expect the 2017 basket to peak again — those terms are now associated with a specific era. A low reading does NOT mean no speculation; it means speculation is happening through different vocabulary (see modern retail basket).
Programmatic access
REST API
curl -sS \
'https://api.trinityinsights.io/api/v1/narrative-intelligence/narrative-2017-euphoria-basket/history?days=90' \
-H 'X-API-Key: $TRINITY_API_KEY'MCP server
{
"tool": "get_chart_value",
"metric_id": "narrative-2017-euphoria-basket",
"timeframe": "1y"
}Required tier: pro. See the pricing grid for the tier list and the MCP documentation for multi-client configuration.
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Institutional disclaimer
Trinity Insights is an educational and analytical tool. The metric above does not constitute investment advice. Trinity Insights is not a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) registered under MiCA Regulation (EU) 2023/1114. See the full disclaimer.