I actually do see growth for Hive as a currency and as a social platform. We are one Hard Fork away from being completely severed with the past called steem. When we get our own decaying witness selection retention process I think that is when we will see Hive making gains to around $1.50. I look at the gains and the inroads that apps like PeakD, and LeoFinance, and MSP waves radio, are doing, and then the increased use of and general liking of the NFT showrooms for artist, we are getting some real use cases for the people that have and use and enjoy Hive.
There has been no rush to fix what is not really broken, it may not work perfect but the reward pool does work. Every hardfork prior to Hives first stand-alone Hard fork on steem seemed to be attempts to fix and jury-rig the reward pool. I just hope the people of Hive can continue to avoid that until everything has a more solid foundation. Something that prospective developers can count on not changing every 2 or 3 months.
I think Hive will be at or very close to it's ATH on the first anniversary, and we should be very close to settling the witness selection and retention system by then.