there are various retailers that now accept bitcoin and other currencies as payments, i expect it to become somewhat normal over the next couple of years and with that the quality of goods avaliable should definitely improve (although we should be focusing on projects that accept cryptocurrency as a payment for their own goods etc as this would help cement cryptocurrencies future)

So many projects who's to say right now. Really need to research everything heavily and doubt everything told to you until you can prove it

I find it unlikely that Ripple will reach the all time high it once had. There just isn't enough solidity there with such a high amount of available assets, it would require another run similiar to what was seen back in December....