You're right. The crypto market can not make everyone happy and so it happens with any other market. There is no year without profits, but that's only if you have diversified your investment in multiple currencies. It is true that the price trend is not very good this year, but there are coins that have gone well this year. You have profits against the market trend or profits due to the market trend, it is important to get profits.
Yes, I think the year 2019 is a year of investment, because prices are well below their potential in 2017.