Buy Crypto Now, Don’t Wait for Media to Tell You
Legacy institutions resist change, but blockchain adoption won’t wait — start now or risk missing history’s biggest wealth shift.
Blockchain adoption is inevitable — those who delay may miss the greatest wealth shift of our time
Almost 20 years ago, when I was in my mid-30s and writing about cultural trends for a national newspaper in Canada, a younger friend suggested I look into Facebook. That tip turned into one of the first stories about the platform in the country, at a time when it was still under the radar. The company’s own PR representative even became my first Facebook friend.
My editors — older men in their 50s — applauded the scoop initially. But when I pitched another story on Facebook weeks later, the mood changed: “One story is enough,” they said.
That dismissive reaction taught me two critical lessons. First, legacy institutions often resist or overlook inevitable change, scrambling to adapt only when it’s too late. Second, there is almost always a gap between what mainstream media reports and what is actually unfolding. That gap is where real opportunity lies.
Fast-forward to today: I now write a Crypto Chronicles column for Khaleej Times. At 55, I’m grateful my editors trust a journalist speaking from personal experience — and I’m equally thankful I pushed past my own resistance to embrace a world my peers still largely ignore.
As Michael Saylor, co-founder of MicroStrategy and one of the earliest institutional Bitcoin adopters, advises: “Find something everyone needs, no one can stop, and few people understand.” For him, that was Bitcoin. For us, it is increasingly about something bigger — the blockchain rails that every government, bank, and industry will need to run on in the coming years.
Whitney Woodcock, crypto educator and CEO of the community Queen of Millions, calls it “the new world.” In a recent Instagram post, she warned: “If you are someone who’s going to be like ‘I want to adopt this stuff later, when I have more time, when I have more space,’ you are going to miss out.”
Her message echoes my own hard-won lesson from the newspaper days: don’t wait for mainstream media or traditional institutions to validate what’s already happening. By the time they do, it may be too late to find an easy entry point.
Yes, fear is natural. As Susan Jeffers wrote in her timeless 1987 book Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, humans instinctively imagine only the bad outcomes, rarely the good ones. The truth is, the upside of blockchain adoption may be far greater than most can yet picture.
The solution? Start small. Commit to learning — even 10 minutes of reading or research a day. Set a clear goal. For beginners, it could be as simple as buying a little Bitcoin every week, regardless of price. Stick with it for six months to a year. You’ll not only become more informed but also more confident, and chances are, you won’t want to stop.
The blockchain revolution is not waiting for permission — and neither should you.
