I think the main hype for "fast" investment in crypto have passed a long time ago (during ico and ieo). Now in defi there's some hype but still it's not the same like 3 years ago.
Everything that has happened in crypto is clearly not going to be the same, so don't expect that the equation will always exist in the next year, because every year the market conditions will clearly be different.
Agree with u, I prefer to invest into long term interested defi projects . For example just read about new one stablecoin exchange xsigma. They based on curve exchange and backed by a public company so I'm willing to go in
Please go to all projects if you think it is the best, but you also have to know about the risks, because if you don't fully understand this, then big losses will always meet you every year.