Honestly speaking, sometimes crypto doesn’t scare me, people behind the projects do. Not governments, not banks, not regulations. It’s the teams. The same teams that smile on AMAs, promise future, talk about “long term vision”, but behind the curtain they are already selling everything.
This thing hurts, because many of us trusted these projects with our hard earned money. Some people sold cars, some used savings, others borrowed. And what did they get? Empty bags. Dead tokens. Silence from the team.
Just imagine for a moment… what if Satoshi Nakamoto was greedy. What if he dumped his 1 million Bitcoins in early days? Bitcoin would be dead long time ago. No institutions, no adoption, no trust. Bitcoin exists today because its creator chose integrity over money.
But today? Many teams choose money first, community last.
I remember researching some projects late nights, reading whitepapers, joining Telegram, listening to team voices. Everything looked real. Everything looked solid. Then suddenly chart start bleeding, volume looks fake, and wallets linked to team are selling nonstop. That feeling… it’s painful. You feel cheated, you feel stupid, and you lose trust not only in that project but in crypto itself.
Look at BitConnect. People laughed after it died, but families lost life savings. Look at OneCoin, pure lies from start, and millions believed because they trusted humans behind it. Terra Luna destroyed wealth in one night, while insiders walked away. Squid Game token showed us how cruel this space can be, rug pull in minutes, no mercy.
What makes me angry is not only loss of money, but loss of faith. Every time a team betrays their community, crypto industry becomes weaker. New investors get scared. Old investors stop trusting altcoins. Slowly people say, “I’ll just buy Bitcoin, at least nobody can rug me there.”
And honestly, can you blame them?
Teams must understand something very simple: reputation is everything. Money can be made many times, but once your name is dirty, it’s over. Crypto never forgets. Wallets don’t lie.
Selfishness is the silent killer of crypto industry. Fake volume, fake partnerships, fake hype. While team wallets quietly sell every pump. This is not innovation, this is betrayal.
Satoshi Nakamoto showed us a different path. He built something for the world, not for himself. He walked away instead of cashing out. Until today, those coins are untouched. That decision alone protected crypto more than any regulation ever could.
If teams don’t change, crypto won’t be killed by governments.
It will be killed by greed from inside.
