"If Instagram made everyone a photographer and Twitter made everyone a writer, perhaps whatever the internet has done to the traditional banking system is in the process of turning us all into finance bros."

"“You watch a sports game and every commercial is an ad for sports betting.”"

"It’s similar to what people who invest in stocks or crypto feel when something “moons,” or rises in value extremely quickly."

"The wealth gap among holders of bitcoin is 100 times worse than the US economy: the top 0.01 percent control 27 percent of the 19 million bitcoin currently in circulation."

"It’s worth wondering, he says, whether the low barrier of entry into this world is such a net positive."

"Many hadn’t grown up with much money to begin with, which instilled in them a desire to save and invest responsibly in stable portfolios like 401ks, Roth IRAs, or index funds. But because of how easy it is now to gamble in sports, the stock market, or crypto, their approach had changed."

"“Our generation is not going to have Social Security or pensions. We’re not even going to fucking retire. The only way to get to the American Dream is to invest.”"

"Despite turning a five-figure profit in just the span of a few weeks, Jeff still wonders whether it’s even worth it to continue investing in NFTs."

"“The more they explain it, the more I get queasy about it,”"

"“I thought that as I went on I’d learn about it and be like, ‘Okay, this makes sense. I understand why there’s value in this,’ and every day I am renewed with the sense that this is the stupidest fucking thing on the planet.”"