After watching the video I have to think that the hedge fund which could directly benefit and profit from the media hype cycle is promoting a hype cycle on purpose.
In fact I predicted something similar could happen in one of my previous posts ("Are hedge funds good for crypto space? While they can bring in hundreds of billions they also may pump and dump") when I first heard that hedge funds are getting involved. Hedge funds can pump up the price of cryptos for speculative purposes alone and trigger a "mania" as he says in the video and this mania may have some positives for research but we also have to remember Bitcoin always rises after a block reward halving and the next block reward halving doesn't happen until 2020. 2020 is a long time away (3 years) and in my opinion if there is a mania it will not really happen until 2020.
What do you think? Will Bitcoin reach $10,000 next year in a speculative hype cycle? Is it good for the ecosystem if it does?