Already the crash has been started with many rumors of Split, it is creating a lot of panic in people mind and many people are dumping the coins at the lower price. I think things not working according to the situation because lot propagation going on whether Bitcoin will split or not.
Split won't change much, other will become another altcoin only will be named Bitcoin X for example. I think Bitcoin had forks earlier, why this one is so special? Crash is just illusion, it will recover very soon when all this pass.
Probably there will be a big crash but if this won't happen I think Bitcoin can reach the 3k cap pretty easily.
This time we will go beyond, this is just the way how things work. Fud will cause panic and small dump, whales will accumulate more.