Because of this, I think there is inspiration for people to continue buying or holding even at 10k. With that in mind, it's much more likely that we'll see a continuous steady growth rather than a drop off at 10k.
Hopefully not much longer before we see what will happen 
At this point we're up +700% and the year isn't even over, and yet people aren't satisfied. It's likely that they have entered the market close to current levels, which would explain why they can't get satisfied.
It's because it is not 2011 anymore and you have 2 well capped currencies that are trying to bite BTC's ass. Far away for now, but we can't afford a 50% dip anymore, BTC needs to have enough critical mass to blow them out of the world