In my opinion, fiat is to blame for everything, as usual. Cryptocurrency was created as a means of payment and an alternative to conventional money, but what happened is that cryptocurrencies are not used as an alternative to fiat, they are used to exchange it for fiat. The crypto community itself is to blame for the fact that they started to interact with fiat more and more, thus attracting the attention of regulators more and more. Cryptocurrency has a phenomenal idea and concept, but people are not yet able to fully appreciate it.
That's certainly true, mate. It has always been about the money. Not about believing in cryptocurrency's underlying tech to change our world for the better (by eliminating the middleman). If people began using crypto as an alternative to Fiat, things would've been different now. Banks would no longer be relevant, as the majority will switch to the decentralized economy. Unfortunately, this is only be a pipe dream. That's because both banks and governments won't allow decentralized cryptocurrencies to take over the world. Otherwise, they will lose power/control over people's financial lives.
Considering that people only care about making money with crypto, we should expect "meme" coins to rise like there's no tomorrow. The rest will go all the way down the drain in an instant (except BTC, ETH, and LTC). I'd say Litecoin is a very undervalued coin, especially when it has a limited supply of only 84m units. It's fast, cheap, and private (with the optional Mimblewimble privacy feature). Best of all, its blockchain network is decentralized and censorship-resistant. LTC is tried-and-tested, unlike many newcomers on the market today. Who knows if it lives alongside BTC for generations? Just my opinion