I see what you are saying. I am not sure it is that diabolical, though it may be. I wouldn't rule anything out when it comes to greed.
One thing to note... The original investors in bitcoin are mostly anarchists and guys who are fed up with the current financial system. Ironically, they need the old financial system and wall street to jump in if they want to see really high prices for bitcoin.
The anarchists started the trend, wall street will pick it up next via an ETF.