The bigger problem was cutting the supply from 84 million to 2x million or so in Darkcoin after a few weeks in existence. That shouldn't ever be done ....
Well it was done and the market is free to price that fact in the same as with everything else that's going on in Dash
The "market has spoken" etc mantra is not entirely incorrect, I will give you that. However crypto markets are largely speculation markets. Retaining value is only part of success. If more and more
new people start becoming aware of the fraudulent past (instamine and money supply cut), then you will not be able to factor that even while Dashcoin retains its value at whatever levels.