I don't know how to trust Small capitalization projects now because indeed that back in the days , those small caps coins are best as they can go hype easily but nowadays they have been used by scammers to make their projects looks legit with lower caps but ending they are not.
Iagon maybe a good target but lets see if OP find this better though I doubt that he will still visit this thread of him.
From these people, they don't literally trust a project. As long as they can see some opportunities within them, they're buying it and that's why it's all about the early and potential profit when they're about to exit. It's about the tech? Forget about it, it only applies to Bitcoin and even if there will be new technologies that will roam this market, it's always going to be replaced with something new.