Crypto people's own self-assessment reveals to them that their skills are inadequate in today's competitive environment and they are unlikely to play a role in any future.

Speculation, the never-ending search for the next even greater fool and most importantly their religious community of like-minded or rather like-deluded are their only resort. The only drug that placates their tortured souls for the next 24h until the inevitable realization of despair sets in -- again.