Most likely, in the near future - within half a year - we are expecting the beginning of a bullish movement. In the near future - a decline by half. Of course, we cannot predict whether bitcoin will show its full growth potential in 2024 or whether it will culminate in the first half of 2025. Most likely, bitcoin will, as always, fool everyone
There are many reports that more and more companies are adopting bitcoin so there will be an explosion in demand in the future, especially now that many countries have legalized bitcoin so the future of bitcoin will be bullish, the biggest test for investors now is to be patient and optimistic, wait another 2 or 3 years then the price will reach at least $100k.
I'm pretty positive that the demand will obviously keep increasing over time, but I'm doubtful about the countries legalizing Bitcoin that you've mentioned, there aren't really a lot of countries that have legalized Bitcoin at this point, some might be supportive towards it, some might be thinking of regulating it, but there aren't a lot of actual positive moves by a lot of countries so far. However, you are right that it's advancing slowly and steadily, and we will reach there as well.
About companies accepting Bitcoin, yep, there is progress in that area as we can see. Recently, Honda, one of the most popular car manufacturing companies in the world, announced that they will be accepting cryptocurrency payments through a third-party service which is great news for the industry as other companies might follow as well in the future.