Crypto Used to Be Rebellious. Now It’s Boring.
Remember when crypto felt like a revolution?
Back when Bitcoin was the underdog — the ungovernable ghost in the machine — hated by governments, ridiculed by banks, and misunderstood by the masses?
Back when buying Bitcoin made you feel like you were slipping through the cracks of the system and reclaiming your sovereignty?
Now? Crypto’s become… lame.
The same institutions that once vilified it as a scam have not only embraced it — they’ve devoured it.
Wall Street is in. Governments are in. Legacy banks are now the thirstiest thirst traps. The once rogue movement of decentralized value has been infiltrated, absorbed, and streamlined back into… centralization.
Most of the “top projects” are no longer decentralized. They’re VCs in disguise. They’re compliant, custodial, KYC’d, and totally trackable. And let’s keep it real — the innovation has flatlined. The vibe is stale.
Crypto was supposed to be the exit.
Now it’s just an upgrade to the current system — with slightly better UX and shinier trackable coins.
But here’s the truth most won’t say out loud:
Crypto didn’t fail. We just stopped using it as a tool for legit liberation.
It has become a vehicle for exploitation, not sovereignty.
A mirror of the fiat world, just with different logos.
But that doesn’t mean it’s over.
It means we need to remember why crypto was born in the first place:
To exit the system. To decentralize power. To create new economies of trust.
And until we remember that — nothing truly changes.