a recent Medium piece, Paying Cash in 2025? Gen Z Laughs at You, caught my attention. more than half of Gen Z already use crypto, not as a novelty, not for spectacle, but as part of their daily routines.
wallets like MetaMask or Trust Wallet serve as extensions of identity. cards like WhiteBIT Nova turn crypto into a practical, everyday tool, seamlessly integrated into life. NFT marketplaces have become social spaces, stages for self-expression and creativity. even yield platforms, such as Bybit Earn, operate quietly in the background, growing alongside the daily flow.
observing this, one sees a generation blending finance with existence, speed with reflection, and technology with identity. it’s tempting for older observers to dismiss it as a fad, yet there is purpose in their approach: crypto is treated as a living layer of life.
as a father, I watch this from the sidelines. my own children are still too small for crypto, yet sometimes I wonder: perhaps it’s already time to teach them to mine Monero instead of spending hours on console games hehe. the world they inherit will move fast, and the tools they use may shape not just how they play, but how they live.