Conspiracy time.

1. All of the new spot #bitcoin ETFs get approved.

2. Things look amazing, the funds buy tons, price through the roof.

3. All old money spot providers conspire on one fork with "helpful" new features.

4. They coordinated dump the real bitcoin cratering the price.

5. Normies don't know the difference and follow the fork.

6. Success, global CBDC successfully backdoored into existing.

7. Bitcoin remains a niche thing for much longer than most bitcoiners currently expect. Mass adoption possibly never.

8. New bitcoin has its issuance rules changed, PoW removed.