Stability is a good thing...
My expectations are that as BTC's market cap grows so will/does stability. Supply and demand should then continue BTC on its upward growth, even if not on such a steep curve. It seems a natural evolution as BTC reaches wider acceptance.
This is a pretty common expectation and it makes sense,
but it also makes sense that it will continue to be explosive.
Computers and the Internet continue to make exponential gains even after being 50 years old.
AI is on a rampage, and AI can further develop crypto.
On a very real level we don't expect Bitcoin to do the same because we've never seen what money can do as a technology. We've only seen what money can do as a captured asset within a walled garden controlled by bankers and the elite.
You make a good case for number go up. :)