Many people associated BTC with drugs and illegal activity. Once the smoke settles, BTC will be partially absolved of the obvious user of such activities. All that remains for MSM to broadcast are white activities and it will get more people interested in investing. Unfortunately we will have to wait for as much as a few months before consolidation is complete. The wise are probably getting their dry powder ready and getting the fishing hooks ready at different levels like $80, $70, $50, etc.
I think we are already near bottom.
Another site will pop up to take over Silk Road's business. This one won't be located in the US and the owners will be even more careful. There is a lot of money to be make in the black market and it's not going to disappear just because one site got busted.