Parent pointed out that I misinterpreted an ambiguous phrase, that the “not as smart” people are those encouraging others to buy crypto.
Mea culpa, although if anything this is an even more extreme example of attribution error:
(paraphrasing) “I invest in crypto for grand and philosophical reasons, and would never dream of promoting it to others (except by regularly claiming that it will save our supposedly broken financial system). Others who promote cryptocurrencies are opportunists or fools.”
Far from increasing your credibility, having been involved in cryptocurrency development more likely than not has hopelessly biased you towards this kind of messianic “crypto will save us” thinking.