The promise of crypto(currency) is that you buy some and then you get rich. I'm not even trying to be super-negative here - after all, if it does become a last

The promise of crypto(currency) is that you buy some and then you get rich. I'm not even trying to be super-negative here - after all, if it does become a lasting store of value, accepted as money in the long term, then early adopters will be holding something valuable. It could happen. But right now the hype is self-perpetuating.