This guy is making a lot of sense. I totally agree with your assumptions.
With the recent Crypto boom, almost 100% of newcomers join just for the money.
Now I admit that I discovered Bitcoin in 2013 but it did not catch my attention, I did not care whatever it was trying to do.
Fast forward Q3 2017 I came back to it "when I heard a lot of people became millionaires investing into Bitcoin.