you should follow those IO in fb and twitter ! most cyrpto currency are on www.------.io you should read most of the news and folloowthem for you to be educate! subscribe to those crypto news ! bitcoin worlld nnews and you will be guided! read much here but do your owwn research too !

I would suggest starting from basic understanding what is under the hood of the cryptocurrency: what is the blockchain, how various "proofs of" work and so on. I'm on the halfway with the Princeton's "Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies" Coursera course and it's really great.

I cant comment on pump channels or ICO specific topics, but if you are looking for some general information sites, below are some of my favorites that I send to friends when they express interest in the technology.  Hope you find it useful.

Reddit:
A multi reddit with some of the best subreddits revolving Bitcoin and crypto currencies - https://www.reddit.com/user/P3rplex/m/digitalcurrency/


Coursera: Princeton Universities Crypto Currency and Blockchain course.  Its free and has TONS of great videos.  Great place to start.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrency


Podcasts:
Unchained - My favorite and best produced - https://www.forbes.com/podcasts/unchained/

Lets Talk Bitcoin - https://letstalkbitcoin.com/ (this is more like a channel that has a bunch of different podcast producers shows on it.  Some are better than others)

The Investors Podcast, We Study Billionaires - https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/ (this one is not only about cryptocurrencies, but has some good episodes about them, like this one https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/episodes/bitcoin-mastermind-charlie-lee-tuur-demeester/ )

NPR’s RadioLab - Not only about cryptocurrencies but has a good episode about one of them - http://www.radiolab.org/story/ceremony/

NPR’s Planet Money - Not only about cryptocurrencies but has a good episode about one of them http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/06/29/484029238/episode-708-bitcoin-divided or http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/02/10/514577243/episode-753-blockchain-gang

Joe Rogan Podcast - Not only about cryptocurrencies but has a good episode about one of them
http://podbay.fm/show/360084272/e/1390877423?autostart=1
http://podbay.fm/show/360084272/e/1473292089?autostart=1


Youtube:
1. This guy does a great job explaining all things crypto in an easy to digest way.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggNMXYug_4DYFWniw7EfjA

2. This young programmer does a pretty good job of diving into some topics and easy to understand.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrYmtJBtLdtm2ov84ulV-yg

3. Andreas Antonopolus’s youtube channel, this guy is a well versed Bitcoin advocate that has a shit ton of talks about a variety of topics surrounding Bitcoin, and although the quality is not great, he does a good job of explaining it.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJWCJCWOxBYSi5DhCieLOLQ

4.  This guy produces videos daily and since he is in England, they are up prior to you waking up.  Some higher level topics and news.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLnQ34ZBSjy2JQjeRudFEDw