The lack of financial education in general is a worrying problem. We teach students about literature, maths, science, ... and we tell them that those are the things they need to know in life. Yet usually, the largest single expense they will have on their lives is a house, and that normally comes with a mortgage. Yet, only a few schools will tell them what should they be expecting, the risks and the consequences of such a contract.
Bitcoin and alts is another case in which people are carefully kept in ignorance by the governments and lobbies.
What can we do to make more people interested in economy and finance and to better educate the youth so that they don´t get ripped-off?
You are absolutely right, here in our country we don't teach to our young ones or in school financial education. I think this a priority to a man's life because whatever amount of money a person had and he don't know what to do with it, it will go to waste. We should teach financial education to our children while they are still young.