I would take their predictions with a grain of salt, they're saying this hoping to generate a self fullfiling prophecy since they're heavily invested in bitcoin themselves. Just like McAfee they're saying what they hope it happens, and what they want indecisive people to hear to create further demand which benefits them personally.
but what's the point of raising the price of Bitcoin to this level? We have already made sure that the higher the price for Bitcoin, The greater the transaction cost of Bitcoin, and the people who carry this financial transaction can last several days.