From the looks of things other cryptocurrencies are really rising this year
Look at Ripple it is second on the marketcap
This is going to enter quarter 2 in 2018. The market is going to green like before in 2017. In the end of 2018 will be the peak of price and in the first quarter in 2019 price will drop again. Many people panic when BTC is very low to 6 K USD. Now is almost 9 K and going to be 10 K in few weeks.