I'll put my hand up and say I lost a lot of money on Verge.

Reason being I felt that the porn partnership would help lead to mass adoption. Gambling and porn were two of the industries that skyrocketed use of the internet in the mid-late 90s and helped drive mass adoption to every other industry that now does most of its business online. I feel like these two industries could do the same again for blockchain, as they are both slightly niche and frowned upon markets (in some sectors, though again the internet helped a lot with changing that).

I think longer term Verge shouldn't have too much trouble re-estabilishing itself. It's had a shocker 2018 though and really needs to rebuild its credibility in the market