Here's a hot take nobody wants to hear: stop sympathizing with millennials and Gen Z just yet.

The real financial pressure? Look at those hitting 50 and beyond.

Younger generations have something the previous cohort didn't—time. Whether it's stacking sats, riding bull markets, or experimenting with DeFi protocols, there's runway. Even a modest position built over five to ten years compounds into something meaningful.

But try being 50+ right now. Career advancement plateaus, retirement accounts aren't where they should be, and inflation's been savage on fixed income. They can't afford to take the moonshot bets on emerging protocols or altseason plays. One bad call, one market downturn, and it's not "I'll hodl for another cycle"—it's "I retire in 15 years whether I'm ready or not."

Millennials and Gen Z, for all their struggles with housing and student debt, inherited something invaluable: the ability to experiment and fail without existential consequences. That's where the real advantage lies in crypto and emerging markets.

The 50-somethings? They need narrative-altering gains, not "crypto is the future"—they need it to work *today*.