Bitcoin is as strong as it's user count and monetary status of said ones. At this point that strength is lower than the "interest groups" you're talking about,
so i wouldn't be too optimistic. Atleast not for now that is.
cheers
If BTC goes places then the current crop of overlords will look impossibly quaint and will be rapidly forgotten. It's kind of embarrassing that a supposedly world beating phenomenon is being squabbled over like WoW raid gone wrong. I'm looking to the day where they're an irrelevance.