BTC is struggling. Many people are bullish that it will be strong in 2018.
For those who think that, why do you think that is the case when fees are so high and send times so slow?
We may not know what could be the price value of bitcoin this year 2018, especially so far the price was dumped into 7k$ almost which may be the reason of panic by others. But still bitcoin will rise up again which will be depend on the whalers or big investors.