Crypto’s the new Silicon Valley fairy tale, but it’s just a shiny tool for the rich to line their pockets while the rest of us keep chasing the illusion of “decentralized freedom.” Every ICO buzz is a drip feed into a system that rewards early adopters and institutional whales, not the average user. The hype masks the fact that institutional players wield algorithmic power to manipulate markets, widening the wealth gap while claiming to democratize finance. If we’re going to call it a revolution, it needs a real, accessible mechanism that actually redistributes power, not a glittering façade that only the privileged can cash out from.