yes. people see crypto as scams until they actually learn about real world usage.

try sending money anywhere in the world by going to your bank.

also, everyone pretends that the current financial system is perfect and works just fine until it all of a sudden does not work for them.

are there scams out there? yes. are there a bazillion cryptocurrencies, some of which make 0 sense? yes.

Is crypto as a whole a bad thing? hard no.