In the mainstream press and corporate world, cryptocurrency is reviled. It is hated. Its users are thought to be straight trash. There is absolutely no reason for the financial system undergirding media and business, insulated and protected by the status quo, to do anything other than what they’re doing: portray cryptocurrency as a plaything for geeks, drug losers, and terrorists. And they have some legitimate arguments: 90% of the projects taking advantage of the buzzword in order to make money.