I think there maybe some confusion in this thread between a MaidSafe investor in the traditional sense (those who bought and own equity/shares in MaidSafe.net) and holders of MaidSafecoin. With regard to equity investors in order that they achieve more immediate returns, we will be offering them the option to swap their equity for safecoins on hard launch as per the original white paper.
Regards the price, which btw is perfectly reasonable to speculate on, but is much more of a guessing game that scientific analysis, I feel that everytime you make something more useful you add value. I think the increased utility of safecoin on launch combined with the speculative trading will drive the price, but that’s just my opinion.