I'm relatively new at this so obviously I have strong opinions  : eth explodes every time BTC dips , check out jan 2018 , BTC started going down around 5th-7th , thats when ETH started going up .... I do expect a BTC pump soon and a ETH drop ( $$$ are moving from 1 to the other with the pumps , weak heads panic sell , wales make $$ , life goes on .

I bought the "dips" at 14k, 12k,11K .... no more $$ to buy the actual dip now  ... so will just wait

I'm new at this so take everything with a grain of salt , will only list new projects or small market cap coins that I believe in:

- DBC ( I got it first day on exchange, on 29th of dec ,made 562% and its only lised ton kucoin , Huobi listing today)
-medichain (ICO) u can still register
-HTML coin ( I just like the team and the way they communicate, yes they are re-branding HTML5 , yes its a fork ... )
-singularitynet(AGI) should go to exchanges soon - Tidex I beleive
-wanchan .... china will jump on it ... see DBC
-lend
-nebulas
GL!

there are 2 forbes interviews , 1 is the one you mentioned and a new one is coming soon

  check out their website (https://vergecurrency.com/#contributors) or github , they do have a team.
Note that this is an open source project without any premine just like BTC .   

This is what happened:
1) dev's released the new wraith protocol on 1st of jan , few hrs late from a self-imposed deadline, at the moment wraith is working for OS and Linux and they are fixing the last bugs on the Windows version, my guess in hrs-days it will be out.

2) There is a lot of FUD going around with verge (IMO its targeted FUD , not sure who/what is behind), few examples of FUD mentioned in this thread :
         - leaked IP's - RETRACTED - see here https://cryptocrimson.com/verge-xvg-leaking-ip-address/
         - Wraith not working : FUD , go and download it , check out github and you will see the devs are all over it for the last days and get            your info on verge from the official channel : https://twitter.com/vergecurrency?lang=en

Yes I do hold XVG and I will keep on holding because I do believe in this project and all the targeted FUD makes me think that verge will be huge soon. I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything, just sharing facts with you all.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2672937.0

a very good summary of what happened to verge:  https://cryptoclarified.com/2018/01/01/635/

I'm no expert but I did a lot of reading on verge lately , fact is that there is a lot of FUD going on with verge,(looks like targeted FUD) yes they did miss the deadline by few hours , yes they still have some bugs to fix, but :
1) Wraith is working
2) lead dev and others are working non-stop
3) check out interviews with the lead dev Sunerok , he knows his stuff

every ICO should have a clear business plan that includes projected costs, I will invest in the first ICO that provides visibility on the costs side and will be able to justify the ICO cap based on projected costs.
every business in the world runs like that ...