Crypto, so far as I can tell, is a solution in search of a problem. The only thing it has solved so far is for criminals to transfer money anonymously, and even that turns out to be less true than advertised.
As an artist with digital art NFTs create digital scarcity. The Eth and others contracts open up a great deal of trade and create financial tools.
It is not so anonymous the blockchain keeps a full ledger of the electronic wallets.
That is actually scaring people about a US stable coin, there would be a full ledger for the government.
This whole thing seemed like a libertarian dream a few years ago. Now it seems like a nightmare to the libertarians.