I am of the opinion that bitcoin's value in dollars will shoot up like crazy! Bitcoin is used by people (at least some of them!) as an investment and as a hedge against inflation. It is the new gold! So yeah, bitcoin will appreciate even further in value and more people will start to use it.
I don't think I can agree with this at all, you have to think that in its current state a ton of people in Bitcoin is being used by people as an investment with the money that they can afford to put into it. If the global economy and financial institutions were to have a crisis people would pull this money immediately, as they need it for their real lives.
People would pull out the price would crash and then most likely come back up, but who knows.