Nice post - I think most people underedtimate the outlook and sheer power of what I call The shadow elite - there is a derisory concept in their circles of 'the millionnaire next door' - which would include most BTC millionnaires. 

The Shadow Elite think in terms of trillions, not millions, and so up until this point crypto currency hasn't been a threat to their power - but at present rates it soon will be. 

I think yr right - sometime in 2018 they'll chuck a few $trillion at BTC to destabilise it. 

Whether that'll work and what after is anyone's guess.