So you could argue, in the short-to-medium term that de-coupling isn't great for Steem. I believe there's a LOT of upside to Bitcoin right now. As long as it doesn't dip below $6k again (in which case it could go much lower), I can only see Bitcoin rising and being very strong again late 2018, into 2019. It'd be nice to get a little of this upside transferring over to Steem too.
Long-term, it could be very good, but we need some short/medium term growth too.