Read the original article.
http://qz.com/769771/how-bitcoin-was-brought-down-by-its-own-potential-and-the-banks/
Bitcoin is probably on the way out.
That's my takeaway - the big banks seem more interested in co-opting the power of bitcoin than actually using the coin. Not least because of the fact that bitcoin is basically owned by china these days. The creators of bitcoin didn't imagine the deep need for capital flight from chinese markets, which is what is keeping the bitcoin price so high right now.
What's missing is the new normal.
Dash, Monero, zCoin and others are all trying to be that new crypto standard. I think they all have potential, but in the end I doubt any will be anything other than a black market standard as banks (and governments) rally around something they can control.
Brave New World is same as the old.
Despite all the desire to be rid of governments and banks, we're going to start our right where we began. The upside is a lot less friction. If you try and live internationally like I do, all the stupid BS with banks and money is REALLY annoying.
Steem?
I think Steem is actually going to do well if the ecosystem keeps being improved. Create the ability for users to sell things via steem and have adbuys be in Steem and the economy will be complete.
In fact... if the current issues with downvoting and users can be addressed, steem has a shot of rocketing up in value as the one crypto currency backed by ACTUAL VALUE which is human effort and attention.