Naw I disagree. Thanks to the efforts of those mentioned above, those who came before, yourself, everyone reading this, etc... crypto art is in a stronger position than at any point ever. If people default on loans and prices go down, who cares? If people want to flip, who cares? If new work goes unbought, who cares? Sure, we could use more buyers. So could BTC. So could trad art. Unlike trad, we suffer the stress of being tethered to swingy coins. But our curse is also a blessing. The majority of us wouldn't be here had those coins not marked the path. Like the trad art market, and every other market, ours moves with momentum. Sometimes the winds are with us, sometimes against. But this art movement can no longer be knocked down. Perhaps this is because we were cheetos from 2022-23? I know not. Part of me feels like even if we had all left in 2022, some day some people or AIs somewhere would have dug up art on chain made many years before most of us got here, and found it just as mesmerizing as we did. 2025 has also had it's heroes - and yes moves made this year further sealed our fate (you were part of several)... But one hill i'll die on - the appreciation for this art was and still is - up only. Some of us may die, but these works will always live. Respectfully my brother in art I believe an evil bear virus is trying to worm it's way into your brain, and it's time to tell it to gtfo. See you in the convention center 🫂 ~CdM