Well, we are many more than 12.

Although you're right. 100% of stablished markets are simply ruled by algorythms and 99,99% of our price action it's just machines catching up with what BTC is doing but worse.

Regarding the "viable future", no one knows and that's why those things are unpredictable. But this is a "continuous" event, it's not a 0 or a 1.