So I know that everybody probably wants this kind of information and few people want to deal it out, but I was wondering if there is a place that that I could get updates on the latest trading info (things like promising coins coming out, updates getting pushed, sudden hype, etc).
Go through the different exchange websites. It clearly shows the chart describing the price moves. One thing important is that it shows the small variations of value rise and down relating with the market volume. So based on this you could predict the growth of coins. Else there are premium services provided by few sites you can subscribe which does give you perfect info but a outline for a better prediction.