The mining part of it is, there is plenty of cryptos that don't use much electricity for mining etc. Like Banano coin, not much electricity wasted, mining it consists of running folding at home for medical research and getting airdropped coins.

But actual crypto is here to stay forever because it is super valuable for a lot of markets, darknet markets are thriving because of crypto and now people can get much higher quality drugs and not have to go into dangerous situations where they could get robbed for some weed or lsd.

Companies in india specialize in selling pharmaceuticals like the Hep C cure or antipsychotics to americans who can't afford it. They accept crypto because credit card processors likely won't work with them and who would give their credit card to some Indian company.