Now, hold onto your glow sticks and digital wallets-both crypto and rave are on the same wacky page, just different chapters of the same bizarre novel. Both emerged as a middle finger to the dismantling of old systems-rave in abandoned warehouses, crypto in the digital shadows. Both are in the “edges of society” club-you know, those folks who got tired of waiting for permission from Uncle Sam or corporate overlords. They said, “We’re just going to do it ourselves,” while wearing sequined masks or coding masks. Same rebellion, different strokes.