I had an interesting conversation with a friend about alt coins. He got into bitcoin when it was worth $200......yeah, he sold at $400.....hindsight.... He is very sceptical of almost every alt coin out there, and very sceptical about making long term money off investing in different coins. Why? Because he doesn't think decentralization will ever happen, and that none of the alt coin platforms and models are reliable enough. I tend to agree at times, it doesn't make sense, pumping coins is out of control. If you and a couple buddies have enough bitcoin, you can pump and dump all day, as long as your smart about it.
Basically its really easy to manipulate markets, because of 0 regulation. We live in the Wild West of crypto, almost anything is possible and snake oil salesman are everywhere. You want to make real money, start selling to people that are getting into crypto, mining hardware, counselling, instructional books and videos.
What a crazy time we live in