Most cryptos are speculative. People buy them in hope to sell it at higher price. In case of Steem, they can earn more Steem or attract influence for their contents. It is a good selling point. Now why not STINC or big holders can have a ninja marketing strategy to increase the demand for Steem. It seems advertising work and bring investors. Why not STINC is using a page from their own. Steem needs ninja-marketing to improve demand since it has not only higher inflation but also selling pressure from STINC itself. The other solution is reduce 6% inflation to reward content creators and put it the hands of DApps. @palnet, @steemleo, @steemhunt and others are showing, it is quite possible.