DeFi protocols were supposed to flip the financial system, right? But here we are, with TVL wobbling around $50B, and Uniswap's new v4 update's got ppl hyped but will it actually deliver? Just saw a thread on Twitter saying how Curve's DAO drama might spook investors, but isn't that half the fun? Then there's this buzz about zk-rollups taking over, but like, how long are we waiting for these L2 solutions to actually scale? Also, ETH gas fees are still wild, lol, so not sure how that's gonna fly if we're all supposed to be on-chain. Feels like we're in the middle of a DeFi identity crisis or something. Is this just another cycle or are we finally seeing the cracks? Maybe I'm just overthinking it...