Well, there is a third option, which is actually buying things with it. Using it as the 'digital cash' Satoshi designed it to be. In that case, its price is relevant, because you'll be buying things with an amount of crypto equivalent to the fiat price for the item.
It was designed to be a medium of exchange, so I feel that actually buying things with it is quite true to Satoshi's vision!
RE: In the beginning Satoshi created the blockchain and Bitcoin...