Lately, it feels like the same degens and visionaries who dominated the last cycle have become the biggest mid-curvers of this one - sidelined and confused.

On the left curve, you’ve got GenZ, TikTokers and new entrants who aren’t overthinking anything. They’re going full degen, riding the online casino meta without shame. Memecoins, AI agent narratives, internet-native capital markets - they embrace the gambling nature of crypto and send complete dogshit to 100x without blinking.

Meanwhile, the right curve? It’s now represented by those we used to consider mid-curvers: boomers, suits, institutions. They're piling into the simplest but most meaningful use cases - stablecoins, financial rails, tokenized dollars. Sure, there are beta plays like Plasma and others, but the true blue-chip exposure (Tether, Circle, etc.) is locked up, reserved for TradFi and institutional money aka IPO season.

So what happened to us - the early believers, the ones who helped build this space?

Why are we stuck in the middle, sidelined and bitter while the cycle moves on without us?

The truth is simple: we became the problem.

In a fast-moving space like crypto, you can’t just recycle the same old playbook and expect to stay ahead. What worked last cycle might now be your biggest blind spot.

So stop whining. Start evolving.

Whether you catch the next 100x or sit there watching it happen is entirely up to you.

Learn to unlearn. Adapt or get left behind.