I've been in crypto for over a decade. I've traded memes & I still do from time to time. There is absolutely nothing wrong with speculation, it's part of what makes this industry exciting! In fact, I would argue more people have come onchain because of memes than because of any protocol, whitepaper, or technical breakthrough. That's a feature, not a bug 😂 Memes create culture, they create communities, they create attention & every ecosystem benefits from that. But attention alone doesn't build an economy. Over time, value compounds around real assets, real businesses, real cash flows, and real world yield. That's what institutions allocate to, that's what brings trillions onchain. Crypto doesn't need to choose between culture and capital it needs both. Memes get people onchain, real world assets keep capital onchain.