There is widespread manipulation in the crypo market. The difference with crypto is that there are no regulations that even attempt to hinder it.
https://www.quora.com/Where-can-I-join-a-crypto-pump-and-dum...
https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/lbzdn7/scam...
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Example-of-a-pump-and-du...
> Unpredictable issuance.
Perhaps in theory, but USD has proven to be a far less volatile store of value than Bitcoin and Etherium, which have both been through the equivalent of hyperinflation and hyperdeflation over the past decade.
> Subject to censorship.
Currency is not subject to censorship, such a thing would be impossible. Certain payment providers have refused to process payments to various individuals, but such a thing would be possible in the crypto space as well.