I’m saying that the 2008 crisis led many people to believe that everything that counts as traditional finance is some kind of scam when you scratch the surface

I’m saying that the 2008 crisis led many people to believe that everything that counts as traditional finance is some kind of scam when you scratch the surface — real estate, stock market, etc. If that’s the base assumption, it doesn’t matter if crypto projects do anything at all because they’re still no worse than the traditional investments (in this way of thinking).