I ignored crypto for years… now I feel like I’m too late

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately and it’s honestly starting to bother me. I remember when people first started talking about crypto — Bitcoin, Ethereum, all of it. It wasn’t like I didn’t know. I definitely heard about it back then. But I just never took it seriously. I kept telling myself it was too risky, too confusing, or just not something I should get into. Now fast forward to today, and suddenly it feels like everyone around me is involved in some way. Friends casually talking about profits, people sharing screenshots, random success stories everywhere. I don’t even know how much of it is real, but it’s hard not to feel like I missed something big. I recently started looking into it properly. I’ve been reading, watching videos, trying to understand how everything works. But instead of feeling excited, I just feel… late. It feels like the real opportunity was years ago, and now I’m just someone who’s about to enter at the wrong time. Like I’ll be the one buying when others are already thinking about exiting. And what’s more frustrating is that I can’t even say I didn’t know. I did know. I just didn’t act on it. Now I feel stuck. Part of me wants to get in and at least try, and another part of me keeps holding back thinking I’ve already missed the best part. I don’t know if this is just fear talking or if I’m actually being realistic. Has anyone else felt like this when starting late? Is it actually too late, or am I just overthinking it?