Agreed about the last part, not so sure about the first. Why I agree that DUSK is a special case: because it is a research project and not a hype-driven get-rich-quick nonsense ICO, so the people who invest in DUSK are a different type with a different goal. That also means you might not profit from DUSK getting on a large exchange and being dumped for cheap by impulsive traders.
About the non-profit aspect you gentleman mention here. You may be right and since is a research, i wonder if dusk even got some public funding?
Is not so unlikely to think the EU could have some funds for these kind of researches as well, as it is assigning funds for all sort of things.