Five years of industry headwinds have tested crypto's resilience. Unhosted wallet regulations, the FTX collapse, persistent Fed skepticism, brutal market swings, and the SAB121 accounting veto—each one a separate battle.

Yet here's what matters: we're actually moving forward. Bipartisan consensus on crypto legislation isn't just happening—it's happening now. The kind of framework that'll hold up long-term, not get reversed with the next political wind. That's a completely different playing field than where we were.