I'm still not really sure why there are big buyers of Hive. Sure, they might be speculating, but while they're buying Hive there is the opportunity cost of not buying BTC... and I get that some dApps need resource credits, but they don't need infinite resource credits anytime soon... so yeah, the selling pressure will always exist, but I'm honestly not sure what generates buying pressure.
Excited that you mentioned a few different efforts to tackle the two problems you mentioned, I tend not to delve into that space so not super aware of all the technical goings on in the Hive ecosystem.