I haven't lost fate in cryptocurrencies yet , but definetly lost hope in all ICOs . I think the only thing that's draging us down is all the scams that grew during the last bullrun , all the lies and fake hopes we were given by these imposters. Luckily they started to decrease now that no one is being into their crap and hopefully they disapear forever.
If you want to invest , go for the top coins on the market cap or else you are taking a huge risk without any potentials.