This is not at all like 2017, everyone going around talking about it saying its going be exactly like it was, its not.
First of all the market is incredibly diluted with coins, margin trades, futures, etc
The investors are totally different, this is not just a bunch of nerds looking for some quick cash
The amount of stablecoins and defi projects is ridiculous
Scams / ponzies have evolved. Even new projects with good ideas and innovations are struggling to enter the scene.
The CDBC, developments toward digital government stablecoins, russia exploring ways to get into crypto, governments fearing the entry of stablecoins
By the way what is stopping bank/exchanges from buying coins from themselves and pumping the price?
As per the coins mentioned, BTC and ETH are assured. XMR has a huge target on its head and im pretty sure if the devs dont do anything about it the money will start flowing towards other privacy coins such as ZEC which had a halving recently
Market manipulation is a certainty everywhere, with the addition of futures/margin literally anyone with a couple mil will see the opportunity to make big cash effortlessly
Companies trying to get crypto into the day to day life are struggling with banks while MasterCard and Visa have jumped in
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/100-per-bitcoin-btc.550162/page-3#post-9600470
Remember that this is money business there's no other like it.
But even after 18 years the space is clearly still young and i believe that the next big thing is yet to come
Do not underestimate paypals influence in all of this, many have tried to replace it none succeeded.
Dont gamble with money you can not afford to lose.