Gone are those days where some well known person will talk about a coin or even advice people to hold and the price will shot for the sky, this things to work anymore in crypto space today, the last time I witnessed such was in 2018
Sorry to say i don;t believe this. what the op said is still effective. people Like C.Z still has a huge contribution on how the crypto market moves. some people control the whales in the market that their hype on some certain project changes the market positively.
One of the rules for crypto traders is to follow the news but don't trade the news.