I have been following bitcoin price's actions since August last year and one thing that is common is that price pattern do repeat itself. Event that happens in July to August this year is about to repeat itself again. I have been going through a lot of speculations threads and many of them are saying that bitcoin is going to clash after splitting but I disagree with that and for your information another pump is about to happen and this is going to push bitcoin price above $8,000. I have also see that this may happen before end of this year.
Because Bitcoin still able to going up 10 times from current price, fundamental of Bitcoin is very strong to support the price to reach it. Take alook with total supply ,just 21 million but any more than 4 billion people around the world. Bitcoin also use for bank major transfer and as asset index fund, so all this think will increase the price of BTC.
It really hard because many goverment start to control bitcoins and the price could not be control easily like before. With 10 times profit for bitcoin holders, it takes more than a year to complete. So don't hope the price go up fast like you think.