Yes you are right with your opinion, crypto will make people smarter because in needs you to be mentally alert of what is going on and be able to contribute meaningfully in it. It also needs you to be consious of how you display your private information and know how best to make decisions when it's time to make decisions about you coin.
Yes you become more brighter here cause you don't want to lose your investment you need more mentally alert cause in a wrong decision it makes to lose your investment that's why you need more consious all things around in cryptocurrency world.