I was looking through the top 100 and honestly I don't see many InfoFi-era success stories.
Not even 5.
Maybe Virtuals (93). Humanity (76) somehow made it there despite all the controversy. Beyond that, where are the winners?
During the peak of the InfoFi craze, timelines were flooded with people farming mindshare, posting leaderboards, and chasing every campaign. Projects like ARB were everywhere. but arb has been only in downtrend after launch
Today?
Most of those projects are nowhere near the top 100, and some have been in a downtrend since launch.
So what exactly did InfoFi achieve?
If attention is the product, but it doesn't translate into users, revenue, retention, or long term value, then all we're doing is creating temporary engagement loops only.
A few weeks ago, $STRC or Saylor were the greatest thing to ever happen to Bitcoin.
Anyone who questioned it was called a hater.
People were defending Saylor like he was their Dad.
Now the narrative has flipped and suddenly everyone is calling it a Ponzi scheme because Strategy has obligations to shareholders and preferred stock holders.
And honestly, did people really think a company accumulating tens of billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin would never have to think about financing, cash flows, or obligations?
I wouldn't sell my Bitcoin either.
But if I needed money, I'd use it.
That's the whole point of financial freedom.
The problem isn't just Strategy's business model. it's also the mindset retard crypto people have. they don't know how businesses work neither Saylor know how Bitcoin works.
I finally tried Hyperliquid after months of CT treating it like the second coming.
Maybe I'm missing something, but it doesn't really is revolutionary.
Perps? We've had them before. Non-KYC? We've had that before. DEX trading? We've had that before.
The biggest difference seems to be the massive airdrop and the community that came from it.
Honestly, the experience is closer to an older version of a CEX than some groundbreaking new DeFi product. The UI is basically exchange style trading with a crypto native wrapper around it.
And Bridging assets is like a side quest. Finding support across bridges isn't always straightforward. Moving HYPE around is harder but it shouldn't be for new user.
The $HYPE price action created even more hype on CT, and now everyone is hunting for the next hopium big airdrop again.
That's fine. Farm the airdrop. Trade the volatility. Make your money.
But don't pretend Hyperliquid invented something completely new.
It's more like great execution, strong liquidity, a huge airdrop, and perfect timing than some revolutionary breakthrough.
Crypto loves a good narrative. Hyperliquid happened to get the best one.
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All of them had their moment when people thought they were the future of trading and DeFi.