When the network gets near hitting capacity of ~220,000 tx per day, the rally gets its head lopped off... coincidence?
https://blockchain.info/charts/n-transactionsAny future rally will be meaningfully constrained by this "safety feature".
That does not makes sense, since it would prevent bitcoins being send to the exchanges (which is of course not the case, since the fee will be set slightly higher to get access to the priority lane). The opposite would be true if your theory would be the case.