Confidence in the viability of cryptocurrency investment continued to grow through more than ten years of promotion, bubble-making, and major surges ... But in the digital world, a second can be enough for empires to collapse or rise, especially in the absence of international arbitration law, enforceable regulations, and a dedicated authority. ... The world of cryptocurrency trading is now in a digital law-of-the-jungle phase, and it seems that progress toward a digital law embodying a digital civilization will never see the light of day, especially given the astonishing advances in artificial intelligence and the prediction that the age of money and work in all its forms may disappear and no longer be needed. ... What will the world of the future look like, and what will its civilization be like?