Who Really Moves the Market?

Think about it—most of us are just riding along. Real change? That comes from a specific few.

The founders are building from scratch, betting their time and sanity on ideas nobody asked for. Inventors push boundaries with tech that didn't exist yesterday. Then you've got the investors and speculators fueling the cycle with capital and demand, making markets breathe.

Of course, politicians shape the rules of the game (though let's be honest, corruption often clouds their judgment).

Everyone else? We're passengers. We react to what these groups create. We adopt, we trade, we debate—but we're mostly following the trail they've blazed.

In crypto, you see this play out constantly. A founder launches a protocol. Developers innovate on top of it. Capital flows in. Policy shifts. And the rest of the ecosystem adapts.

The uncomfortable truth is that progress isn't democratic—it's concentrated. Whether that's good or bad depends on who's driving.