sorry WKN, just seeing this.
my experience in crypto has been....idk...seasonal.
i get in to it more in the summer when i have some downtime. i've played around with a bunch of alt coins with modest purchases but have really only invested significant amounts in ETH.
As far as RAE, I'm a believer in it. That being said, the situation with it right now, actually, is probably the worst. It halved a few months back and the price still hasn't gone to where it should.
But it is 'stable' unlike so many coins. And the reason I believe in it is b/c it has real world application: the economy of a Rokfin wherein money comes in and goes out. The number of cryptocurrencies which are practical, and not theoretical/speculative is almost nil.
Trading RAE, as you mentioned, was/is limited. it used to be more difficult but there 1) it's now on uniswap and 2) there are liquidity pools which mitigate transaction costs.