Staying hip in crypto is no easy feat

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Abe Simpson’s rant about the difficulties of staying hip as you age is just as insightful when applied to crypto.

Five years ago, you might have been with “it.” You might’ve stacked your portfolio with coins like litecoin, XRP, stellar and cardano, and maybe even zilliqa, waltonchain, lisk or omisego.

But the market soon changed what “it” was. Now what you’re holding isn’t “it” anymore, and what’s “it” seems weird (AI agent memecoins) and scary (pump.fun rugs).

It’ll happen to you!

While looking back, 2019 does feel like another world — years before Bored Apes, Ethereum layer-2s and memecoins other than DOGE…

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