Crypto used to feel exciting. Messy, experimental, sometimes dumb but genuinely interesting. Somewhere along the way, it turned into an endless loop of memecoin launches and short-term grifts. Too much noise, too little substance. Honestly, the space doesn’t need more narratives right now. It needs a proper bear market to wash things out, reset expectations, break bad habits, and remind people why they showed up in the first place. And no, Bitcoin isn’t the reason most alts are underperforming. Weak ideas get exposed when liquidity dries up. That’s just how markets work. Painful? Yes. Necessary? Probably.