The uncertainty and general possible mayhem of the fork was the only thing standing in the way of $10,000 BTC by end of 2017. Now with the fork removed I think we are guaranteed to hit it in December.
I believe it's not, because fork was one of the major reasons why BTC spiked to new ATHs.
But after their pre-announcement of fork cancellation has put Bitcoins open to some sudden crash possibilities.
If not, it will still follow the correction pattern before it starts to rush again towards 10k for real.
How high do you think it'll go before end of year? If Bitcoin keeps its average pace this year it'll hit $11,000 roughly on the last day of the year.
10k looks reasonable here as Bitcoin still holds above 7150 and this shows that the support of buyers is really strong to keep it holding over there.
It's just 30-35% above the current value, so won't take longer to be there.