I am new to cryptocurrency and I started wathcing your videos before I even was on Steemit. So my knowledge is very limited in this regard. But I totally see that as a problem because it is so obvious that people just try to pump and dump the new currencies. That will hurt these projects and probably even destroy them. And that will create a bad reputation for crypto in the main stream.
But bad apples exist everywhere. Like you said, a few highly intelligent people develop technology that can change the world. And good ideas have a better chance these days than 20 years ago.
I asked you this before but I haven't seen any post from you about it yet: What do you think of LBRY? They haven't had a ICO and build everything up from scratch with the community. They do have some strong backing but because the idea is good not to speculate.