Unfortunately, price rises mean more scammers, spammers, and shallow hype-chasers.

For sure. But, this also drives innovation and consolidation into stronger hands.

The illusion of prosperity must shatter at some point, and the longer we wait, the worse it will be.

Lol, yes, I was just writing a little about this too. People might "feel rich" still to some degree - but reality is going to set in.