I think if corrections stop and the growth continue for some time then no doubt it will hit $9k, but as we know that couple of days ago the price reached to $6700 but today it dropped again to $6200. If this situation continues till the end of this year then it is not possible to reach $9k. On the other hand it is possible because it is crypto and anything is possible here.
Confused by the drop you refer to, its been regularly stepping higher. There is always selling at every level but taken as a view at distance its ascending. I call it a stair case because its not a straight line up but a more jaggered series of ups and downs but its basically been going up regularly recently.
I havent drawn on this graph because its quite clear imo
