Agreed with you this is not a perfect scenario where the news are working it need to take it into really bullish phase when it will show its magic. The good thing is that they are working hard to make this blockchain more secure and it will get ready for mass adoption.
I am not saying that STRAT price couldn't rocket to the moon as the crypto saying goes.. But in this market you need a solid tokeconomy that creates a constant flow of demand on the market. In other words buying pressure needs to be created to pump the price through the sentiment of the market. That demand could be created through dapps built on stratis platform and of course strat locked up in sidechains, smart contracts fuel, etc.
The technology is there. Now it is developers' job to deliver use cases. Not only devs of course, but mainly businessmen which hire the devs..