Very thoughtful! I always figured that Monero wasn't a bad bet because it has already been denounced and delisted all over the place. How much lower could bad regulatory news make the coin go?

I wish the Monero project well and I wish it would take off, but the price and the public interest is what it is. Perhaps one day it will have its day in the sun...or maybe it will go the way you say and some of the defi coins will coincidentally add privacy and get popular like https.