DeFi protocols promised a revolution, but are we really seeing it? Scrolling through Twitter and everyone’s talking about that Uniswap v4 buzz and the Curve Finance hack aftermath. BTC stuck around $27k, but is anyone else feeling this weird vibe in the market right now? So many projects are just... there, like, doing their thing but where’s the spark? Analysts on LinkedIn are split, some saying it's a slow burn, others claiming we're missing the point entirely. Meanwhile, that one crypto influencer is tweeting non-stop about layer 2s like they’re the second coming. Just trying to make sense of it all—are we in the eye of the storm or just a calm before another hype cycle? Maybe I should dig into those governance forums again, but then again, maybe not...