That's some weird logic. What do you think is happening when price is increasing, more people are investing, media attention/FUD, governments issuing warnings, regulations? Adoption. Bitcoin did start off as a niche currency, all the above things happening are part of it becoming much more than that. Bitcoin should stay low and a few people should talk about it and that too for what, recovering losses

Yeah, as much as people want to think "the big man" will always be expected to go against their wishes, one has to say that only ten years after Bitcoin's emergence, the situation with the way states/media/whoever else you want to see as the potential bad guy, could be far, far worse than it is today. In fact, even during the early years, a lot more institutions warmed up to the ideas that Bitcoin proposed, than most would have expected.
But to OP's question, as irrational as it seems... I'd definitely opt for Bitcoin staying "low" right now (crazy how 10k is considered low!0 for a little while, gathering stability and preparing for a slow and steady move upwards. But we all know Bitcoin is anything but steady and immobile...