According to this report, which im sure there are a few, it speculates we could be at the start of an end of year surge in bitcoin value. This is of course bast on historical events but we all should be aware that past events should not be used as a future prediction.
In my opinion this report and others to follow no doubt will fuel the speculation to end 2018 on a high.
I don't think so, but maybe it starts next year, there are a lot of ico running Q4, at least that's what I know. most likely there is a lot of growth shown by altcoins and it will be very influential on bitcoin.