The main reason why the blockchain technology and Bitcoin came into being was because the centralized financial and banking system generally failed the people which resulted into that recession that took place starting 2008 in the USA which then affected the global economy. We are all for decentralization where there is no concentration of power in just some individuals or in a few sectors...so essentially this is democratization of power. However, getting there can be fraught with a lot of challenges especially since we are disrupting the traditional platforms and old ways of doing things and at the same time we are endangering many entrenched interests and naturally those in power will fight back with a good fight.
I would agree that more adoption of cryptocurrency specifically Bitcoin can hinge a lot on how people understand things on this development and how they gonna about it. We need more people to join us in this movement so that we can be a big force that even the government will recognize and not easily pressured to do against our will and conviction.
The price of Bitcoin is largely driven by speculations and though this can never be the ideal one we are looking for this is a free world and so anybody can be a speculator but with Bitcoin very volatile in 2018 and early 2018 many got burned especially those who were buoyed to buy Bitcoin ATH. We are expecting institutional money to be coming in anytime now and into 2020 but we are not so sure yet if the recently launched Bakkt can be the right vehicle for them...let's see how things will develop on this area.