sometimes your "positivity" really amuses me :)
In economics, u can analyze only three scenarios: 1) the worst 2) nothing happens 3) the best.
you also forgot to mention that more than half of Steem belongs to Steemit inc. so there is no worst scenario. And with so high inflation Steem was always seen as short term investment. It was about time to experiment with 3 month threeshold.
my bet is the price will go a bit lower than it will go back where it was. We will know never how much Steem is worth until we see the competitors running their own platform. Only after this case, we can see what is the real value of Steem ( which I suppose will go higher).