Maybe they'll sell paper Bitcoin, get caught with their pants down.
Become insolvent.
Government bailout.
More fiat inflation.
BTC purchasing power soars.
Repeat in 2 years.
Everyone acts surprised again.
Articles claim BTC is dead.
Families struggle to buy groceries with fiat inflation.
A percentage of those families adopt BTC after reading/desperation (pain learners).
Repeat this cycle until BTC adopters are greater than 50% of the world pop.
Fiat death accelerates yet another order of magnitude.