To cover the cryptocurrency research, some of the most popular resources are:
CoinMarketCap — a go to place for checking the cryptocurrency market and quick info about each coin's background.
Wallmine — large amounts of information about each cryptocurrency including prices, technicals, news...
I think the goal of certain elite, through media, is to make people feel hopeless. When we are hopeless, we give up a lot of our power. I feel crypto is helping to change that by providing a real decentralized solution to one of the biggest factors holding society back today.