For a while, it really did look like we were heading toward more clarity.

The promise was always more clarity. Better data, smarter tools, systems that could finally make sense of the noise. And sure – a lot of that happened. But the uncertainty didn’t go anywhere. It just got faster.

Anyone who’s followed crypto for more than a few months already knows what that feels like. Bitcoin drops 15% on a Tuesday afternoon for no obvious reason. Some obscure altcoin doubles overnight, then loses it all before the week is out. And still – people keep coming back. Not in spite of the chaos, but almost because of it. The volatility stopped being a warning sign for a lot of people. It became the point.

That says something. Not just…