> The prices of these coins can and does get manipulated all the time.
This is known.
> Real people will get burned, badly.
Welcome to the game, there is a learning curve.
> You can't even depend on these exchanges to actually handle high trading volume when there are price crashes.
If they're centralized, you mean.
> It's honestly a joke that anyone trusts this system as it currently stands.
It's easy to distrust a system you don't understand.
> Anyone who seriously believes in a future of cryptocurrency should be calling this crap out
If you interacted with anyone in crypto you'd realize that they do.
> The problem: very few people actually believe in cryptocurrency, most are looking for a quick buck instead.
Why is that a problem? The ecosystem needs technologist and "market makers" (including individual traders in this) to function.
This is known.
> Real people will get burned, badly.
Welcome to the game, there is a learning curve.
> You can't even depend on these exchanges to actually handle high trading volume when there are price crashes.
If they're centralized, you mean.
> It's honestly a joke that anyone trusts this system as it currently stands.
It's easy to distrust a system you don't understand.
> Anyone who seriously believes in a future of cryptocurrency should be calling this crap out
If you interacted with anyone in crypto you'd realize that they do.
> The problem: very few people actually believe in cryptocurrency, most are looking for a quick buck instead.
Why is that a problem? The ecosystem needs technologist and "market makers" (including individual traders in this) to function.