As long as we do not make full use of Steem / SBD in a much wider scope like #steemshop it will go stagnant.
Here in #teammalaysia we already started "investing" in different ways where we adopted shopping and trading among each other to help our own country's economy and also investing into Steemit at the same time.
When each country actually adopts something similar like this, it will eventually die off.
I may not be able to be at Steemit Fest, but my team leaders were there if you have met them; and I have already wrote about my experience that what we are adopting below and maybe this will give your some encouragement that no doubt that it looks more like content creators only, but there are entrepreneurs and teams who believe this can expand much more in the future.
Here's my own take:
Steemit: Make Steem Dollars Practical (and Sustaining this Ecosystem)