I am not a doom-and-gloomer. I am a realist. Bitcoin had an original premise that has been heavily distorted through media/social media channels, and the evidence is overwhelming at this point that it is manipulated via many unregulated exchanges. It was and continues to be an interesting experiment, but at the end of the day there is nothing that Bitcoin or crypto is actually being used for outside of speculation (I suppose that is not quite true as crypto IS being used to skirt the law).
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the Bitcoin saga is how the so-called "Axis of Evil" controls the vast majority of the Bitcoin computing power. For those that know the details of the blockchain, controlling over 51% of the network gives you the power to cause a lot of trouble. The question becomes: What is the Axis of Evil's intention with Bitcoin? If it's simply to make money while burning insane amounts of resources to power the network, you have nothing to worry about as a Bitcoin holder (unless the USD cabal decides that they do not like where the narrative is going).
If their intentions are more devious however, then as a Bitcoin holder you have a real problem looming on the horizon. That's because the USD cabal and the initiatives that they have laid forth as a roadmap to our future (green energy and environmental awareness, central bank digital currencies, etc.) will conflict directly with any attempt to hoist Bitcoin/external cryptos up as a rival to USD hegemony.
The result is cyberwar. The interesting part is that the USD cabal on the surface would appear to have the edge thanks to monetary/military superiority. But if raw computing power is the weapon of choice, who has the factories and resources in place to create the weapons to fight this kind of war? As I said, I'm not a doom-and-gloomer, so those last few sentences are probably just good fan-faction. Any significant warfare on the Bitcoin network would most likely destroy it as confidence wanes and downward price pressure creates a death spiral.
