I have an example from last year election of D.Trump, in my country media were always saying that he was a "monster" and the "world is going to end if he wins the elections". Of course when we go to street and try to hear people's opinion they only have an opinion made by the media; the problem is that most of the people in the world are not educated in terms of global problems.
BTC is responsible for launching the future, but it will never die, because if you ask people what is blockchain or what is this new technology, they immediately associate it to BTC.