Big companies are predicting price of BTC could hit $50k by the end of the current year maybe this is the reason why people are expecting we will see big rise in this project too. Even it looking hard to see this level but everything is possible.
Would be great to hit again 10K USD this year. Big companies, especially from banking industry are very well known for their disastrous prediction, financial crisis from 2008 is the best example. And supposing that this is true, they would never disclose such info.