Of what need is the regret when you cannot turn back the hands of time? It's okay to reminisce the good old days in crypto when little investments were giving massive gains. But the truth remains that those days are gone now and mind you the level of crypto awareness is higher now and so you have more people in the space now. Secondly, the journey to restoration and growth from this current levels will take a considerable long time, so don't expect those days to return so fast.
The level of awareness is higher but not much because many people were ruled by hype. they've just pumped money and gone away. So in 6 months, the situation at the beginning of 2017 will happens again