Yes, it's great that more and more people learn about cryptocurrencies. But unfortunately in 2018 we are seeing an outflow of investors. People are losing confidence in cryptocurrencies. I hope that soon the situation will change for the better.
ICO's have received 8 billion USD in total investments so far in 2018, compared to 7 billion USD in 2017,
so fresh capital is increasing, despite the ongoing Crypto Winter, it's just spread out way more because of huge number of new projects this year...