If there is a straightforward and logical solution here, it seems to be to increase the userbase of Hive and to increase demand and trading volume for the token.

The classic apothegm stating the problem: ¿Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

How to increase the userbase of Hive and to increase demand and trading volume for the token if we do not have enough exchanges (CEX) available in the market to purchase Hive with fiat money or trade other crypto tokens for Hive or HBD?

I also wonder if there is a way to excite exchanges to use Hive as a platform to grow their own communities - it seems like a 'no brainer' on the surface, but as you pointed out - they seem to focus exclusively on trade income and not so much on human potential/needs.

C'mon bro! Has no one told you yet that crypto exchanges are just businesses? Businesses like any other? Businesses that only deal with money as their only tangible and essential product and from which they profit just as traditional banks do?

What freaking interest they might have neither in growing communities nor people nor in human potential/needs? They don't care about anything of that bro. The only thing they are interested in is making monetary profits and growing further to get even more money and profits! Again, just like traditional banks.