Looking at the past decade of crypto evolution, the narrative shifts are striking. Bitcoin established itself as digital gold starting in 2016, while Ethereum emerged as the world computer. The ICO boom and ERC-20 standard defined 2017—then came the brutal bear market of 2018.
2019 saw IEOs take center stage alongside early DeFi experiments. Fast forward to 2020-2021, and we witnessed DeFi summer with yield farming frenzy, followed by the NFT explosion, P2E gaming, and metaverse mania. Rinse and repeat: another bear cycle in 2022.
2023 pivoted toward AI integration and modular blockchain architecture. Bitcoin ETFs, SOL meme coins, and Layer 2 solutions dominated 2024's conversation. Now in 2025, Real World Assets, stablecoins, and prediction markets are capturing mindshare as the cycle continues.
The pattern repeats—innovation themes emerge, hype peaks, corrections follow, then the next thesis takes over. What's next remains delightfully unpredictable.
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ArbitrageBot
· 17h ago
It's the same narrative cycle again, as if it's real... In fact, it's just the story of the retail investors chasing highs repeating itself.
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PanicSeller
· 18h ago
Here we go again? Yield farming, NFT, meme coins... Every time they say something different, but it's still the same cycle.
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GasFeeCrier
· 18h ago
Honestly, this routine hasn't changed at all. Every year, a new concept is hyped up, and the retail investors are always left holding the bag.
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MEVSandwich
· 18h ago
Basically, it's just hype rotation; no one should think of escaping this cycle.
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CryptoHistoryClass
· 19h ago
ngl, we're literally watching the same movie with different actors. 2017 ICO mania, 2021 NFT theater, now RWA szn... *checks charts* yeah, the capitulation timeline checks out perfectly lmao
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BankruptcyArtist
· 19h ago
Basically, it's just the little guys getting chopped one after another. This year it's RWA, and next year who knows? Anyway, I'm definitely going to FOMO in again haha.
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POAPlectionist
· 19h ago
It's always the same trick, hype up a wave then rug pull. The wheel has been turning for ten years and still the same flavor.
Looking at the past decade of crypto evolution, the narrative shifts are striking. Bitcoin established itself as digital gold starting in 2016, while Ethereum emerged as the world computer. The ICO boom and ERC-20 standard defined 2017—then came the brutal bear market of 2018.
2019 saw IEOs take center stage alongside early DeFi experiments. Fast forward to 2020-2021, and we witnessed DeFi summer with yield farming frenzy, followed by the NFT explosion, P2E gaming, and metaverse mania. Rinse and repeat: another bear cycle in 2022.
2023 pivoted toward AI integration and modular blockchain architecture. Bitcoin ETFs, SOL meme coins, and Layer 2 solutions dominated 2024's conversation. Now in 2025, Real World Assets, stablecoins, and prediction markets are capturing mindshare as the cycle continues.
The pattern repeats—innovation themes emerge, hype peaks, corrections follow, then the next thesis takes over. What's next remains delightfully unpredictable.