Gold hasn't done too well either. Crypto was b/c it was driven up by covid money printing / speculation. Now the governments are soaking up all those excess dollars try to to rein in the hyperinflation they caused. Bitcoin was $3000 when covid hit. Why wouldn't it go back to $3000? I'll be nice, $6000. That sounds more reasonable. $22,000 is still way too high. And as for ethereum: the protocol make no sense until the transaction fees are fixed.