Something no one has mentioned so far, but which is very important: it has hard to find any unbiased content in the world today about crypto and ICOs. 

The difference between crypto and the classic "finance world" of stocks, bonds, and derivatives is that those other spaces are highly regulated.  People cannot post positive comments about a stock without some scrutiny in most countries.  Crypto is mostly unregulated in this respect, so you have a tremendous amount of shilling.  This is what tarnishes the space