So I know that everybody probably wants this kind of information and few people want to deal it out, but I was wondering if there is a place that that I could get updates on the latest trading info (things like promising coins coming out, updates getting pushed, sudden hype, etc).
I believe for crypto currencies we could not get useful information from anywhere else if you ignore this forum.
For altcoins, you can easily find which coins are coming up and with potential from this forum. It is up to you and your knowledge on selecting them because if you start listening to others you might end up with paid reviews.
For the case of bitcoins, you need to dependent on technical tools rather than news for making profits. There is a general saying: technical analysis will be winning at the final over information on news and events.