That's absolutely correct. Greed has moved in but the likes of AA got involved because he was (and is) excited about the tech. He never engages on the speculative aspect of things.
The space has changed since speculative $ gains (or otherwise) arrived. Vitalik Buterin (founder of Ethereum) talked about quitting crypto at one stage as he was fed up with the focus on the $ within the space - rather than the actual tech.