According to BlockBeats, on December 26, Pantera founder Dan Morehead stated in a recent interview that in 2013, people were worried about regulators shutting down Bitcoin, but the situation is completely different in 2024; Bitcoin has reached 'escape velocity' and will not go backwards.

In 2013, media coverage was mostly negative, focusing on events related to the Silk Road dark web, ignoring the positive impacts. Most Americans are under 40, but over the past three years, 90% of the wealth created by the monetary policies of the Federal Reserve and Congress has flowed to those over 70, which is effectively a massive transfer of wealth from the younger generation to the older generation.