Right now, I think our biggest hopes for higher priced Steem (longer term) rides on the shoulders of the SteemMonsters initiative. They have a cool idea, well executed, they had a successful KickStarter and are taking something Steem-based beyond the walls of Steemit. Right now? Pretty much the only way you can buy Steem (even if indirectly) with a fiat debit card. And when you do/ You by extension have a Steemit account...