Had people cared about the objectives of projects, DeFi, ICO, IEO and all other kind of hypes wouldn't have ended up as large pools of scamcoins. Just look how many coins there currently exist with the term "Finance" in their name. These did not exist 2 months ago.
The crypto space has been so filled up with shitcoins that "researching projects to know what to invest in" truly became a big waste of time in >90% of the cases. This is unfortunate, but it's the reality we're looking at. We aren't governed by any authority, so you're free to create whatever you like, be it a scam, a pure experiment or a legit project.
If the market looks like this shit, it could possible that sooner there will no investors will come in here. Regulations are somewhat important now in order to stop these nonsense projects.
From ICO, IEO, Defi, and the next NFT, I think the same scenarios will happen, and much better if we have to find a solution to this. because the more crypto spread around, the more scam and fake projects rise. I feel the worries that most people had to feel now, and the worse case possible scenario will certainly happen in the years coming.