The "market cap" for crypto is just an illusion. There never was enough liquidity. The money was lost the moment you exchanged it to crypto. Some of it is in ha

The "market cap" for crypto is just an illusion. There never was enough liquidity. The money was lost the moment you exchanged it to crypto. Some of it is in hands of other people. Some of it was spent to keep the show going (mining, employees for all the crypto businesses etc.). You and every individual investor could have cashed out but that is as saying that Madoff customers could have cashed out. It's just an illusion. Most of the money disappeared once you deposited and Madoff, SBF, or some other scammer spent it on a new boat or house on an island.