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?
Due to the outstanding support the community has, it'll probably rise up again since the community of bitcoin supporters are so massive, we can actually deviate the price for ourselves and make a lot of money from it. But it really all boils down to bitcoin sales. If it has a lot of buyers and the demand is still high, most probably the price will still go up.