Cryptocurrencies made big changes in terms of the development of software technology. Also, They give a lot of opportunities to earn money easily with your intelligence. I think, It will continue to have deep impacts in our lifes in the future.
In 2013 to 2015 Silicon Valley poured loads of money into bitcoin support start-ups - these start-ups were meant to provide the infrastructure around bitcoin. And most of them came to nothing. Only Coinbase survived. Bitpay is still around but is wounded from losing customers due to bitcoin's fee problem last year. The rest have crashed and burned.
I wonder what this iteration of Silicon Valley interest will bring. Because you can't take advantage of blockchain tech without a coin. It's the sending and spending of coins that makes it worthwhile for miners to maintain the blockchain. Without a coin (whether bitcoin or something else), the whole thing falls apart because there is no incentive to mine.