Bitcoin was completely subverted once, but it was sufficiently early in its development that the problem could be rolled back and there was no lasting damage. Given the current price of Bitcoins, the motivation for people to search for an create exploits is much larger. If Bitcoin was compromised now, could it recover?
Agree with you the motivation is much higher right now , and i don't think it will recover cuz people will lose confidence , they will lose confidence anyway after the next big selloff , too much money on stake right now , this cant be compared to the $32 bubble , ofcourse no one will admit that cuz now we're in the delusion greed phase ...