Very encouraging thoughts and statements!
Yes, I think it is possible for steem rising again, perhaps not to the moon in one single step, but 0.5 to 1 USD is likely until the end of 2020.

I'm strictly against the shortening of the power down period to 4 weeks. Steem needs long term investors, not "day traders".

A better idea is (in my opinion) setting two rules for new accounts:

• no power down during the first year without power up at least 10k steem
• 100% SP payout during the first year

The second one is to build a long term relationship to our community

Have a nice day. You in person are one of the best assets of steem - and one of the major reasons why I believe in steem.