I think it's going to be very interesting to see how Crypto shakes out in the years ahead. To really grow the market to it's maximum potential it needs to go mainstream. But to go mainstream there will have to be oversight like the FTC, and this entire movement is Illegal as hell(Market manipulation/ insider trading) in the Stock Market for good reason( the guy that lost 1.2 BTC). But if it's ever regulated then the potential for quick crazy gains will be suppressed and Interest in investing in it would decline. Sort of a "Catch 22" scenario. The US Congress said last week that Crypto's are not in Compliance, but at the same time Amazon is about to start taking BTC as a payment and we know that Gov's around the globe are looking to go Cashless.... should be very interesting the next few years.
Biggest money is always in the unregulated market. Until regulation happens groups like HODL crew are going to make millions and millions of dollars off of investing in digital currencies like this one. You can whine about it or join the fun, your call. And as far as I know Crypropia is in New Zaeland so US Congress doesn't even count. If regulation does become too limiting we will see the markets migrate to tax havens etc...
As for Chaincoin I tend to look at it as if a large investment fund invested in the coin and that can only be a good thing.
No one from the hodl crew made millions it simply is not possible. They Lost A LOT Of Money now that it is $0.50 cents. They were instructed to always hodl their bags and not sell and go long term 5 years+. It is not possible to make anything if you are instructed to never dump your bags to be apart of the hodl crew. The short term trader whales took advantage of the hodl crew good will intentions and made millions. They are the ones that pumped it from $2-$7 and dumped. They are not apart of the hodl crew and they were also spying on the hodl crew slack channel to take advantage of the hyped up members willing to put a lot of their hard earned money into this movement.
For those that made lots of money on chaincoin and feel bad about it. Consider investing some of your profits back into chain coin and hodl especially now that the prices are low. A lot of those that lost money are new to the crypto trading and a lot of them are kids with very little money. Zedo max is a cool guy and is forgiving and always willing to invite anyone back into his community. He's the type of guy that makes the whole crypto trading playground fun and brings more people into this space which benefits everyone