Bitcoin could be at $40,000 at the end of 2018. It easily could," Michael Novogratz says on CNBC's "Fast Money
Ethereum, which I think just touched $500 or is getting close, could be triple where it is as well," adds Novogratz, formerly a macro hedge fund manager at Fortress Investment Group.
Predictions and speculations makes a strong impact to push Bitcoin to a new ATH, because it will attract investors to put more money on btc. Although big players can somehow manipulate the price of btc, I dont know, not really sure but it really seems like they are involved with every movement of the price.