Crypto's getting absorbed by Wall Street. DC's cozy with centralized issuers slapping blockchain labels on legacy systems.

The original vision? Cypherpunk ethos, privacy, self-sovereignty—it's getting buried under institutional adoption theater.

Coin Center's still in the trenches fighting for what actually matters: permissionless money, not just faster rails for the same gatekeepers.

Don't let the suits rewrite what this was supposed to be.