After more than a decade as a mortgage underwriter at USAA, Brenda Gentry resigned in October 2021. Rather than continue in traditional finance, she pivoted to crypto full-time. Now, Gentry runs a crypto consulting firm, which she launched after leaving her job.

The San Antonio resident sees crypto as a way to accumulate and pass on generational wealth. She and her family are excited about the "unprecedented opportunities offered by crypto," Gentry, 46, tells CNBC Make It.