But it's not about the hidden secrets of their success. It's about the hidden shenanigans of their fucktardery, the same fucktardery that happened, like you say in the 'real' world and what was supposed to make blockchain technology a fairier, and more human financial system.
This isn't creating 'FUD' it's trying to uphold transparency and not bury our heads in the sand to how the wealthy become increasingly more wealthy using means that wouldn't be seen as acceptable to more mere mortals.
Accountability is talked about a lot here, but that has to be from the bottom to the very top of the chain, and each of us has a personal responsibility to provide some checks and balances.
If it is simply about finding out how others succeeded, then emulation is a good starting point, but in examining how others have done it, finding nefarious practices should be talked about and not just ignored.