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I think its because they have unique beliefs, and a lot of positive reinforcement for these beliefs. Along the lines of what Naval Ravikant said recently, even the craziest ideas in crypto which failed completely would still be a net win for people at this point if they got paid in bitcoin/had enough of an interest in it to buy some a few years ago. Unlike the tech crash where the shares employees got in dud companies become worthless.

The crypto community has a lot of people with (at least on paper) f*ck you money, and in a form where they arent really tied the legal system of any country.