1. Those team behind the project might be fake. Even if they expose themselves to the public, there is no guarantee that the project will be successful or they are here not to scam people. Influential persons are the ones that can manipulate the market. Don't forget about that.

2. Not sure what you mean by this..

3. One of the most important factor over here. You should also make sure that the "real world use case" is actually possible to achieve. Not something they just wrote on a white paper.

4. We have seen price skyrocket once a good partnership has been announced. Would not rely on this since the hype usually ends in few days.

5. Matters a lot. If they existed for a long period of time with active development, then yeah, give it a shot.

6. Trying to shill for something over here?