BUSINESSJun 22 · 16:50 UTCBITCOIN MAGAZINEDennis Koch

The Future of Collecting: Alladan Flinn of Based Trading Cards on Cards, Community, and Culture

A 1998 Pikachu Illustrator trading card sold for $16.49 million in 2026, highlighting the surge in trading card values driven by community engagement, economic uncertainty, and verifiable scarcity. Alladan Flinn's Based Trading Cards (also known as Bitcoin Trading Cards) creates limited-edition cards promoting sound money and decentralization, reflecting growing overlaps between trading card culture and Bitcoin communities.

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Alladan FlinnpersonBased Trading CardsorganizationBitcoin Trading Cardsorganization1998 Pikachu IllustratortopicGoldin AuctionsorganizationA.J. ScaramuccipersonBitcointopic

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