Yes, I'm still optimistic. I know of all the problems and troubles that plague STEEM/Steemit. But for the time being, it still works (for me) and as long as it continues working I'll keep using it!

As for the Binance listing - same results here. Lots of people thinking it's a good idea but nothing actually coming from it. Luckily Binance took action themselves and listed STEEM just a few days ago, yay. Not SBD though, but this works too.