The source of the crypto stage is still Bitcoin.
The success of Bitcoin is actually inevitable for idealists. The anonymous Satoshi satirized the bankruptcy of real banks in the founding block. Multiple mature cryptographic technologies were just finely deployed, opening the curtain of crypto assets, which implicitly matched the ideal view of non-nationalization of currency.
It seems unrealistic, but it is actually a historical necessity.
Now, the short-term popularity or "success" of more crypto projects is more like the accident of utilitarians. The game was just right, the liquidity was just strong, and the order was just spread. Everything seemed to be an organized and premeditated arrangement, rolling out a lucky token.