2017 would be a great year for bitcoin.Japan is going to accept bitcoin as a payment method.Inspite of BU and other such issues,bitcoin recovered from its price fall and now its $1075.It seems more big companies would accept bitcoin as a payment option.I hope it would reach $2000 by this year end.
Imo I can surely say that btc will reach 2k$ mark by the september/october this year and maybe fall down for 100$ until the end of the year.
Yes, after Steam and microsoft, two of the very large companies accepting bitcoin and now Japan, I wouldn't be surprised if we see the great rise in the price even in a week or two maybe a month.
With btc being steady around 1.1k$ atm, I can surely say that we will see 2k$ this year and maybe sooner than we though.