Hahaha, enjoyoooors.
Do you think people know that 6-figure Hive Power carries a lot of weight and power? I honestly didn't know that until you mentioned it so I'm not sure if its a big motivating factor for people to buy a ton of Hive... or maybe it is? I honestly have no idea. I know the dApps probably buy a bit for the resource credits, but I don't think that explains the total amount of Hive purchased each day.
I'd agree with the speculation of stocks. I've been diving deep into Tesla specifically and the stock price market cap is not at all supported by the reality of the company financials and their assets. It's all hype and vibes at the moment.
Now that you mention it they might not.
Unit bias might be getting in the way I know that before I reached that level I thought an account would have to have like a million tokens before they got network-wide attention.
However if we look at something like proposals it would only take like 100 people with my level of stake to vote somethin in to get funded... so it's a pretty huge vote in that regard and I'm always trying to get more.