Same, it's quite sad reading these threads now. Even worse, they call it nothing but scams and speculation and give reasons that apply equally to traditional finance. I guess they aren't aware where the term ponzi scheme came from.
In tech circles there are a lot of folks who knew of the technology years ago when it was worth just a few dollars and now see it selling for 60k and are no doubt kicking themselves now. If I am honest, I know I am. I don't lose sleep over it, but I could be sitting on a lot of money right now if I had of acted back then.
Cryptocurrency as a investment is the worst thing possible, DeFi is the exact opposite of that.
I won't work for TradFi like I won't work for DeFi or AdTech