The report pointed out that both cryptocurrencies and the internet are disruptive technologies with very similar characteristics. It also noted that the speed of recovery in the cryptocurrency market from the so-called "cryptocurrency winter" is much faster than the internet's recovery after the bursting of the dot-com bubble in 2000. Ironically, cryptocurrencies have long been considered the stepchild of the internet, but now they are outperforming their predecessor and surpassing the value of the internet in the same parts of their respective life cycles.