Cryptocurrencies will be the symbol of the new age as the old one is dying. The heart of the "bad blood" with the old world is exactly the monetary system, and the only alternative is cryptocurrencies. It is also clear that alts will go up if Bitcoin does, and that the 2.0 coins will show their power only at higher market cap, when self-funding is viable, and when Beyond Bitcoin applications are ready and able.
It seems inevitable that a new, global, internet-based political movement will take notice and join the winning team where they can have a real voice with real power. The bitter fallouts of the old world will realize that they can simply join the new world.
Meanwhile there is such evil on the horizon that my optimism can only be understood as an exponential shift into freedom and light straight through the valley of the shadow of death.