Crypto is a wiiiiiide category. Using a version of it to escape fiat money without needing to carry, secure, and divide a physical metal is a promising goal, especially in a decentralized version. This hand waving that "they" created it so it's bad is weak thinking. Yes, powerful people are trying to control it. But also yes, many others are working to make a decentralized antifragile version. It's going to take a while for the proper iteration to take off.