I think the biggest turnoff to investors is the stated total number of coins at around 30 billion. Big investors see just 30B in the OP specs and they don't bother looking any further.

A more accurate description has been put forth at 7 billion. 5 billion from POW, plus 2 billion from reward and 2 years of POS. So far we've mined around 53% of the 7 billion available to us. The remaining 23 billion would come from staking spread out over 25 years. If the dev made an edit to the original post reflecting this, we would likely see more participation from investors and thus a higher valuation.

Lack of a polished brand image also hinders growth. Need to stand out from the crowd to get noticed and be taken seriously. Can't expect merchants and casinos to adopt this coin if it looks like amateurs are running the show. Investor understand this as well.