Your article makes an interesting read. Much of the points raised seems to corroborate my thinking, yet it looks like a conspiracy theory. The good side of it that you did not condemn cryptocurrency rather the criminal tendencies of a few who are manipulating the whole idea of a decentralized financial world.
The ICO part is a theory with zero evidence indeed.
I just thought about what it takes to pump a coin to great heights, and the easiest way to do that is when you control most of the coins, still you want legit publicity around it as most people will do a quick search in Google before buying a coin.