Well fiat is still also being used by scammers. Fiat is regulated but it is still being used by scammers. See those call center scammers that are calling older people just to scam? They sometimes do the scam both using crypto and fiat. I know the topic is all about project and stuff, but people should be at least aware that any means to pay could be also used to scam people.

About the projects, well expect a lot lazy devs to milk these since they think that they are doing unique, but in reality, they're not.