I might be unpopular for saying this but I think the crypto winter has been a good thing for the industry because it's raised the bar for projects to succeed which helps to weed out weaker projects.
The trouble is some terrible projects still make it through, never underestimate a big name associated to a project to draw a fan base to part with its money.

But I see signs that we are emerging from the crypto winter and good projects have made it through and we are starting to see some new ideas and applications.
A project I'm working on is Catalyst which I believe is strong although that's a personal opinion (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5167119.msg52403528#msg52403528).
I do see other interesting projects though, it's just finding them in a field of ill thought out ideas but the winter has helped a bit to thin out the worst ideas.