I'm not quite sure of the context of your message, but there is significant progress being made virtually every minute, every hour and every day. Failing in the regards to price is the most frequent metric gauge for projects, thus most of the context of this writing will be made about failing prices.
There are no doubt growing pains and there's a lot of projects out there that are in it for the money or cash grab, even projects on Binance. No single entity, business or person is immune to failures, but it's the lessons learned from failures that helps propel this entire space forward.
When I look at the progress that's been made this year, the trends, the types of projects launch and compare it with 2016-2018, I see a maturing ecosystem. Are there still scams, yeah (and forever there will be), are there shitcoins.... yeah, are there bullshit technical projects... yeah, are there virtually any type of negative remark anyone can say... the answer is yes.
There's no denying the implications. Because with every action taken, that's a step into the future; in which no one knows the outcome of. No one can predict what will occur tomorrow or what the next big blockchain will be, or what will been the eventual perceived outcome of crypto, but in the end, there's no denying of what blockchain can do, what legitimate teams are doing to create the future of mankind.
About failing prices:
I'm not going to get too heavily into this. But, as stated above, the number 1 metric for investors, supporters and virtually everyone is how well a crypto does on the markets. There are many factors that are under the control of teams and many factors that are not. What type of: exchange, lock-up, sale price, funding goals, projected mcap, circulating supply, who holds the cryptos, what the road-map looks like, is there code written, is there transparency, is there transparency of funding, who's behind the project.... and on and on, are factors that are completely in the teams control, and each one accumulates into the painting of what the crypto would look like on the markets.
Price of all cryptos is determined by Bitcoin still, if bitcoin falls, most alts will fall. If Bitcoin falls and altcoins miraculously climb significantly (the majority) then that's what most would call the fabled "alt-season" or dominance of Bitcoin shrinking by 3-10% in a very short period (any definition can be used).
There are also external factors from the outside, such as the world markets and sentiment of crypto vs world markets, the global market is at all-time-high, but nothing climbs forever and eventually there will be a recession occurring. I believe crypto in many regards has been behaving more and more like a hedge, like gold, against volatility in the world markets. There are many factors that point to 2020 as the year of crypto, but no one really truly knows this for certain.
Altcoins suffer from major problems as well, that's primarily the liquidity argument/problem.
There are many factors overall that paint the picture of crypto. In a micro perspective of 1 week or 1 month, you may see doom and gloom. But if you take a more holistic and macro approach, you will come to the realization of progress and forward-thinking... movement.
There are a lot of shitcoins and profiteers out there, thus many are getting burned at a more alarming rate. Thus it's critical to heavily understand what you're supporting, what the project is and make calculated decisions for your time, money or effort invested into any project. Things not going so well? Liquidate and exit the moment you do not feel right about anything, do not stick around and become a victim to the cost-sunk-fallacy. The majority of crypto investors are victims of this 1 single term that can almost define this space, at the current time at least and unfortunately.