Steem as currency needs to establish itself and gain estability, and soon might reach it*s critical volume!
I won´t say I haven´t been skeptic about steem (had questions regarding decentralization), but this image says a lot:
Google Trends
Google Trends collects and displays Googles search entries worldwide, its an incredible tool.
All Steemit needs right now is difusion! And it seems we are really in the good path! Google "Steemit" search results are almost exponential!!