Part of me feels “stuck” in crypto career-wise because it’s the only industry where I’ve found any semblance of multi-year compounding and doing anything else would mean starting from scratch

And honestly that compounding is not really even any hard skill, moreso just network and intuition

I think you made the right bet. Not only does the space mesh w your personality, but crypto is and will prove to be a super powerful "wedge" into all aspects of tech / life. I believe this.

Its increasing integration into US politics is a big case-in-point. The budding role it is playing in AI agents is another.