The good news: Significantly less people are falling for ponzi schemes similar to BitConnect than in 2017:
Its good to see the crypto community getting matured and not falling to ponzi schemes anymore. Its time may be for ponzi schemes to change there strategy as existing ones are no longer getting success. On the other hand the community should be ready for new wave of frauds/ponzi.
The bad news: Over $1.9 billion has been hacked or stolen from protocols and users during the first 7 months of 2022
This is an inherit feature of Bitcoin and can never be fixed. The weakest link in digital security of every entity is the human link. As long as humans are willing to make some mistakes, the hacking business will continue to exists.