This statement completely makes no sense to me. I was not “hyping” monero but merely noting it’s absence in a beginners guide to CC. Nor do I own bitcoin or care what that bubble does.

You got your parent comment wrong. He was not accusing you of hyping monero. Instead, he was accusing the author of the article of trying to inflate the bubble. Notably, parent thought monero would not fit in the narrative of the author.