News: the market capitalization of crypto has exceeded 4 trillion dollars.
The neural network suggests buying Ethereum, your nephew became a millionaire on Shiba PEPE 2.0, and BlackRock is now selling you Bitcoin through an ETF.
Well, welcome to 2025. Or as it would have been called before, the endgame.
And what happened?
Once upon a time, Bitcoin was a rebellion.
A quiet revolution.
The answer to a financial system where banks print money and ordinary people eat inflation for breakfast.
And now?
Bitcoin is in the portfolio of BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and all those who crashed the markets in 2008 and got bonuses for it.
They didn't understand the idea. They bought it.
(Well, of course, through regulated ETFs, because buying with self-custody is for savages, like us.)
Institutionals have arrived. Why?
Because they understood:
"If you can't beat crypto, monetize it and sell it to the masses under the guise of innovation."
And the masses?
The masses are happy.
They finally got a 'legal' way to buy Bitcoin without confusing mnemonic phrases with the Netflix password.
Pension funds are investing in Ethereum, JP Morgan is testing DeFi, and the SEC suddenly remembered that crypto is 'innovative but strictly under control'.
And what do we get?
Bitcoin has become the 'new digital gold'.
Ethereum has become a platform for everything from asset tokenization to selling your data back to you.
Altcoins? Some are truly innovative, while others are still schemes for quick enrichment with names like 'DOGE x AI x Elon'.
And do you know what’s the most ironic?
The same people who laughed at Bitcoin 10 years ago now call it a 'key element of a balanced investment portfolio'.
Is the momentum being maintained?
Oh, absolutely.
While inflation eats the dollar and while China sells treasuries, people will look for a way out.
And do you know what will be this way out?
Not bananas. Not bonds. Not another PowerPoint from the IMF.
And the digital assets built on math, code, and the hope that somewhere in this world there is no 'printing press'.