It's really hard to become a Jr. Member nowadays, it's really hard to obtain Merits :-(
It shouldn't be hard,should it?, it could be though for users who don't belong here,the thing is the quest for money brought in a whole lot of users and they did not quite take out their time to even understand what the hell they were getting into,and with your activity score,it seems you fall under such category.
You must have to set a target and learn more about cryptocurrency in its wholesome nature,get involved in discussions,read articles and from them make out your own threads without having to copy any word from it.
But when you make posts such as the ones in your posts history,then for sure yes, merits will be hard to come by