I suspect it might have seen another panic sale, had it not so quickly moved from ~$4k to $20k (two months). Once the mania took hold, and millions of lay person investors piled on (Coinbase now has more accounts than Charles Schwab), there was probably no alternative scenario possible other than to go from extreme bubble straight to implosion.

I didn't know the Charles Schwab statistic, would you happen to have a link for that one? I'd love to be able to share it. Thats nuts.

It is. Plenty of people like me who don't deal shares are with CS only to sell their RSUs.