Risk is present in any kind of investment, and crypto is no exception. If you are in doubt and do not want to take a risk, then perhaps this is not your field of activity. If you are ready to try, then carefully study all the available information about the project in which you want to invest, sometimes even a trifle can warn you about possible fraud or a deliberately disastrous project.
Yes, you have a point. Risk taker are those people usually get success, what I mean you need to manage the risk in investing crypto or even not in crypto because as what you have said the risk was always there. To manage risk you must know everything that what kind of project that you planning to invest for. Searching a lot of information is a good practice to face the risk and no doubt you will never know that near in the future you don't regret what the decisions you made.