There will be no pump untill the majority of the get rich quick noobs have been shaken out, accept that. Dumb money needs to exit first, and then re-enter at way higher levels, and then get shaken off again, that's how this market works. I don't even understand why people keep fussing about the crypto ads, that for +90% were being utilized by schemes and other low level garbage.
Noob sentiment; will Bitcoin survive?
Get rich quick sentiment; can this shit fucking go up already?!
Holder sentiment; I'm already looking forward to 2020 and beyond.
you are right about your assumptions, this is how the market is working at the moment.
as long as the market is working like that it will grow at a slow rate and pump dump its way up. but every dump will always have the potential to pop the bubble.
we could chance that cicle, what it we could turn the dump money into smart money instead of just "shaking them out" as you said. we need the infrastructure to welcome the newbies in a simple, intuitive and friendly environment. A evironment where we can teach them how to become smart money.
that might create a positive feedback loop that might let the market grow with a even higher exponential rate.