Crypto really is low status and trashy. It has afforded me a lot of opportunity but it’s also embarrassing and not something I am excited to tell people about

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really? how so? I mean, how is it embarassing that you can't tell people about it? I'd like to know

Crypto enthusiast, community manager and growth hacker

It’s embarrassing because it’s so trashy idk 

Even when it’s not explicitly a scam or a rug pull it’s just got a veneer of ick

I agree, but also, you'll agree that crypto has not always been like this. I mean, let's take a trip down the memory lane, back to 2016-17,18,19,20. From the ICO era, to the onset of DeFi etc. Before the era of Uniswap, dex launchpads/IDOs and the apparent existence of memecoins. 
Crypto has always been beautiful, what we believed to be a wealth redistribution platform. 

You know what happened? Evolution! 
crypto has evolved, not positively, but it has.

You have a point, but put into perspective how long those culturally relevant circles have been in existence. Music, art, these have been in existence long before humans evolved into homosapiens. Comparing a culturally inclined ecosystem that is as old as the human race with crypto that is ultimately <20yrs is a bit far off tbh. 

Yes, I do agree things have become uglier and it's getting worse day by day, but are we gonna get it right at some point? 

How long has gold been in existence? 
silver
US OIL
S&P 500?? 
And still Bitcoin managed to beat their market caps in such a very short timeframe. That means, somewhere somehow, there's something fundamentally right with this development, but how we continue to evolve over the years remains unknown at this point.

Sorry, but I have to disagree here. I think crypto has always been extremely ugly and devoid of any aesthetic beauty. Even the early Bitcoin logo has been ugly ever since. And the launch videos with Vitalik during the Ethereum ICO phase are among the most ugliest promotional resources that a startup has launched. Seriously. If you move outside of crypto into other culturally relevant circles like art or music and other spaces, you will be astonished how many beautiful things there are, how many beautiful people that roam these spaces. Crypto is so incredibly ugly in terms of its surface-level properties. It's hard to put in words, especially considering how much money has flown into it.