It might take some time for the masses to realize that crypto is the opportunity we need to democratize and streamline a huge range of services. The real question is what does it take to tip the sentiment.. A pump to the moon? Maybe a crash in traditional markets?
Hopefully this next pump results in projects with real applications pumping while leaving the skeleton projects behind.
Sentiment changes like the wind, isn't hard to move the masses in either direction. Bitcoin was considered dead last year in August, the sentiment wrong then, and I believe it is wrong right now.