I think you're giving to much credence to crypto projects. There are a few that started as strict churches, notably Bitcoin, Ethereum and some other blockchain projects, but most of projects were always speculation, gambling or outright scams. It's just that the speculators/scammers find the tenets of the crypto faith useful for marketing and as a cover story for the questionable practices of anonymity and ignoring financial regulations.
The true believers still somehow exist and are loud, but most crypto bros kayfabe these beliefs and profess WAGMI, while obsessively keeping an eye on the prices to spot the collapse of the project in time to cash out before the rest.
I think you're giving to much credence to crypto projects. There are a few that started as strict churches, notably Bitcoin, Ethereum and some other blockchain projects, but most of projects were always speculation, gambling or outright scams. It's just that the speculators/scammers find the tenets of the crypto faith useful for marketing and as a cover story for the questionable practices of anonymity and ignoring financial regulations.
The true believers still somehow exist and are loud, but most crypto bros kayfabe these beliefs and profess WAGMI, while obsessively keeping an eye on the prices to spot the collapse of the project in time to cash out before the rest.
Jehovah’s Witnesses just recorded a record number of active worshippers (9 million). Can’t speak about the others though.