Bitcoin’s price and adoption go hand in hand. without growing adoption, we shouldn’t expect sustained price increases.
Acceptance of bitcoin is possible without reference to price. We could use bitcoin even at a price of $1.
And why do you need growth? I repeat, to use bitcoin, you don't need BTC to cost $10k, $100k or $1000k. This growth is profitable and needed only for speculators.
Would BTC be able to be talked so much about and be known to so many people and countries alike if it only cost 1$ each as of now?