It would all have to depend on a legit platform. If the coin was built just for the developers then the coin will fail hard.
Ripple has been doing a lot of promoting for Crypto so it is highly unlikely that their company will fall hard anytime soon though.
Again, agreed, the question is; What would a true Cryptocurrency Ecosystem or Cryptosphere Capable of Meeting the Needs of Hundreds of Millions of Consumers, Traders and Trans-Actors on a Truly Global Scale do, look, sound, smell, taste, feel
like
We do have, for once again in many generations, the opportunity to cut from whole cloth, as opposed to groveling at the masters table for more crumbs
Although, it is said, if you havent determined who the patsy is by the time youve invested, its you