DeFi protocols promised a revolution, but here I am watching ETH struggle to hold $1.6k and wondering if we're still on the right track. Just saw an analyst rant on Twitter about how Solana is the 'new Ethereum'—didn't we hear that last year? Meanwhile, everyone’s hyped about Uniswap v4, but liquidity feels like a desert in some pools. Maybe it’s just the bear market blues talking, but where's the spark that got us all in? And the SEC is still lurking like a bad dream. Do we need another meme coin frenzy to reignite the fire? Who knows, maybe I'm just overthinking while waiting for that next big 'DeFi summer'... if it ever comes.