Volatility is not a problem for investors speculators, they can always adjust the exposure to reduce the volatility, but it will be a problem for daily spending
Some small change was absolutely asking for...
Investors have faith, speculators don't
That faith coming from the understanding of most of the bitcoin related technical aspects, and more importantly, understanding of the fatal flaw in today's fiat money system, that will take many years of independent research
For example, bitcoin keeps dropping towards $100 for 12 months, then all the speculators will run away, but investors will buy big