EthCC Recap - Will there be a Renaissance of Consumer Apps?

The author argues that after an infrastructure-heavy cycle, crypto's next wave of growth may come from consumer apps in three areas: wearable devices, tradable assets combined with DeFi, and AI plus Web3 apps. The text says many existing DeFi categories such as DEXs, lending, perps, liquid staking, and a Pendle fork are now default stack products that are not innovative, and that meme launchers like pumpdotfun have become standard on new chains. It suggests wearables could become a new access point for non-crypto users after browser plugins like Metamask and Telegram, and that AI plus Web3 could follow the pattern of GameFi in the last cycle.