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Bitcoin could be at $40,000 at the end of 2018. It easily could," Michael Novogratz says on CNBC's "Fast Money
Ethereum, which I think just touched $500 or is getting close, could be triple where it is as well," adds Novogratz, formerly a macro hedge fund manager at Fortress Investment Group.

Yes of course, but it will take a lot of time in order to reach that, and i think that it will be on the third quarter of 2018, not at the end.

Maybe if we are lucky we are going to see those numbers before the end of that year.

I can't predict about that. According to me the price is so high but hopefully it will be but it take too much time to hit 40k$.
 

Asking if bitcoin can reach a certain amount is very different from asking if it will. Of course, it's very hard for anyone to predict where bitcoin will be in a year, but claiming that it has the ability to reach such heights has a simple answer: yes. Bitcoin can easily reach 40,000 just based on the amount of growth it went through 2017. If it will is harder. I think it has a strong chance to if companies form a lot of support for the coin and blockchain technology. Otherwise, it's possible that next year could be bitcoin's final prominent year.

Well coming from a professional and experienced personality, I agree that bitcoin will reach that amount of price. Same as in etherium which has lot of potential to reach the 500 dollar mark. If 2017 is a big break for all cryptocurrency, specially the most widely used coins like bitcoin and etherium, and that they have already introduced to some of the big investors, what more in 2018?

Of course the bit coin will touch $ 40000 in 2018.Digital trade will increase in 2018 by 2017.Bit coin investments is great. This increases the use of bit coin.Bit coin goes towards a new level of value.But this development will reach the end of 2018 or beyond.

We cannot really say for sure, but that should be expected as well and every other option should really be expected too anyway. Bitcoin has really had some major push this year and I would not be surprised at the rate at which it had gone, then having the same thing happen next year would mean a huge increase in value, but that would be too much of something to expect.

From my experience in bitcoin from last two years I think that the price of bitcoin will reach to $40000 at the end of 2018 but it may not sure that this price will reach it may be possible or not possible it depend on the market value of the bitcoin. If we see bitcoin since from last few month the demand of bitcoin was increase very much and the market value of bitcoin were increase very fast rate so there are many chance of bitcoin to gain the price of $40000 at the end of 2018

Considering there recent bearish trend and fear of investors that Bitcoin 'bubble' is going to burst soon - I highly doubt that we will see anything like $40k in 2018.
Instead, we may see BTC back to sub $10k level after recent news regarding ani-anonymity trend.
South Korea announced it will battle anonymity of bitcoin traders and many wallet owners have been preparing themselves to sell their coins.

of course, we all can see that

When i started seeing all the early prediction about bitcoin going to ten thousand i was skeptical because i never thought that it is possible in years but this year everything changed upside down and the price started rising like a big bubble and the price still hover above those values and everything is possible ,another big rally could take the price to those valuations.

I think we already know since 2018 is ending in 24 hours (for me) and much earlier than this for people in Australia. I'm pretty sure though that we'll see a rally in 2018 with the price at least touching the previous ATH. I believe it's a matter of time before we go to $40k. Bitcoin is only gaining speed for another rally right now. We've all seen it before.

Had you told me that Bitcoin would reach close to USD 20,000,- by the end of 2017 I wouldn't have believed you. Now, even with the recent decline in price, reaching USD 40,000,- by the end of 2018 seems to be well within reach to me. Apart from the obvious fundamental question whether we'll see a successful LN deployment in 2018, a lot will likely hinge on the next few weeks of market action. I personally am fairly confident that USD 10,000,- will hold. If it doesn't, the downward trend is likely to continue and will probably be tough to reverse.



The anti-anonymity trend has been a reality of western exchanges for years now. I doubt it will have much of a market impact, especially since most of the new investors -- based on anecdotal observations -- don't care much about the privacy aspect of cryptocurrencies at all.

Bitcoin has the potential to reach such a price within this year.But it would be better for bitcoin to reach such a high price slowly instead of reaching suddenly and crashing immediately.Due to high media focus and entry of financial companies like CME,CBOE,bitcoin has become the talk of most people all over the world.So,definitely there would be a huge increase in demand for bitcoins leading it to ATH.

Yes, of course bitcoin reach 40k end of 2018. The current price decline is less than 11k.January second week will growth bitcoin price .Then the price does not fall down again.Continuously increasing.bit coin will get a lot of investment.

well, we do not know for sure, but, bitcoin really does have that potential. bitcoin has the potential to have a very high price, even to reach a price of $ 40k. but, it all depends on the conditions that occur. if bitcoin actually develops in 2018, of course it can happen.

in my opinion bitcoin has not reached 40k $ because bitcoin has reached a very high price once it still takes long enough to reach 40k $

Michael are forgetting about the fact if the price of bitcoin will increase in the future and then the fees could increase too. How these scenarios are making a lot of people are feeling tired about that. We need real segwit 2x and not fake 2x with unknown developer that already keep 6 million coin for them.

It's still too early to say. We're still on the last day of 2017 and so far its making a slow increase as I feel like its still not recovering from the correction it experienced during the holidays. $40,000 is a lot and I am sure everybody would be happy to reach that rate. It doesn't seem impossible but for now, it is still to early to predict.

Since everything about the price of a certain is just pure speculation, I say that it is possible to reach the 40k mark by 2018. If more and more people are investing in bitcoin, there is a chance that it can reach the mark of even higher.

I agree, everyone didn't know what will happen to bitcoin in year 2018, but i think bitcoin have a potential to hit that amount ( $40,000) at the end of year 2018. But like what everyone said it takes time befor it happen, so the best way is to wait what will happen next for that prediction.

Bitcoin at the end of 2018 may reach I think more han 40$k. For me there is always the big possibility in bitcoin market price will jump more than today. Even there is fudsters still bitcoin will be leading to be on top.

Yes it can but little chance, when Bitcoin recovery from the dip, It will back to $20k in the first quarter. i think around mid year in June-July, Bitcoin will rebound up to 30-40k till end of 2018. When all fork being done with dev implementation, all thing will going well and we can invest our money into Bitcoin safety.

with the growth of the bitcoin ever,  $40 k is possible to achieve. However I think it is not the end of the year, bitcoin could reach $ 40k around October or earlier

Yes, buy more. Bitcoin obviously great long terms, its a quiet market during xmas so hold tight. Next time should see the green come back. Maybe could blow past the previous ATH. This means we could see $40k BTC at the later of 2018.

we are still too far at the end of 2018 to think of bitcoin price will reach up to $40k. maybe it is possible or maybe it can over come $40k at the end of the year. we still dont know and for me it is too early to think about.

I think nothing is impossible in bitcoin, everything can certainly happen as well as an increase in bitcoin prices, if we look at bitcoin prices in 2016 about $ 400- $ 500 and this year the highest price of bitcoin can reach $ 20,000 and this is certainly an increase that so fantastically happening on bitcoin and certainly in years 2018 it is not impossible if bitcoin will be able to reach $ 40k and this is quite realistic.

I seriously doubt that Bitcoin's momentum will be sustained this 2018. The problem is people are not willing to wait 1-2 weeks just to get their transactions through. This is not what's promised.

I have this feeling too but I'm betting on our boy that he will be sustained and will show himself back just like those old days where people are crazy over it. Transactions now are quite good if you'll pay the recommended fee base on https://bitcoinfees.earn.com/. Miners are dependable on it since I have tried an experiment where I sent the first one with lower priority which is under the recommended one and it was stuck until now. And the second one is I didn't adjust the fee and just sent it like usual and it was confirmed after few hours (or minutes I guess).

$40,000???!!!Wow!The price is most wanted.But I doubt that it will reach there within the end of the year of coming 2018!Yeah.Of course, I believe that the price of bitcoin will reach and hit the buzzer of $40000 making every single person speakless and do at the top of astonishment.

But it cannot be said.We haven't the power to predict the price of bitcoin.We can only guess and hope for it.Here in your words are telling me so.But as you wanted to know my opinion, I think the price will reach there but it take time.Because, we haven't even reach to 30K!!So,it may take some time.But if the price really reach there,tgen it'll be fantastic. I'll be very happy.I hope so.

Now no one is sure what will happen in 2018, but if you think that this bar is quite to his teeth given the frenzied growth before its recession

It's definitely a limiting factor at this point, but the main thing is that Lightning Network is coming closer and closer, perhaps even so close, that we might see it functional before the end of this year. We really need it to happen this year, but on the other hand we can't just blindly assume that it will come this year just because we need it. Initial testing seems to be going well, which is something we can definitely be happy about, but again, it doesn't say anything about the public 'release'. At this point the main price driver will be more institutional adoption taking place, and that on its own is pretty much an ultra bullish trigger for the market. Bitcoin is lagging behind the massive demand, and something definitely needs to happen, that we can all agree on. We'll find out in 2018 how much of a problem Bitcoin's limitations will form for its price.

Actually many things will happen in year of 2018. Since bitcoin has a potential in cryptocurrency and many people continue support in bitcoin, personally I think it will reach $40k by end of 2018. Perharps if the investors are continue trust and support in bitcoin next year there no impossible to hit the $40k.

we have only small hours before end 2017 and in some countries is end. price at 2017 is 14,000$ and can be 2018 easy if grow like 2017

if fee problem solve all will be possible.

It may, it may not. Like I always say, we can't easily predict the price of bitcoin because it unpredictable. So, we can't really say that sure if bitcoin will hit 40k in 2018. Remember this year, a lot of people predicted it to hit 50k and even 100k. What happened? At the end, it went back to 12k. So we can't say anything for now. Let's just hope the price favors us and a lot of people purchases it in 2018. For as the interest
of bitcoin grows, the price grows too.

Check this facebook video. https://www.facebook.com/ScienceNaturePage/videos/1238210399644549/ There is a part of the video that predicting bitcoin will be 60K usd this year. Any thoughts about that?And tt is a big chance to get 60K prize per bitcoin this year?

This year Bitcoin has changed our way of thinking about cryptocurrency. We never thought the price could rise so high in just a year. Now the price is having a correction and will decrease to 10K. That will attract the mainstream to step in and bitcoin will rise again to 30K in March. So, 40K is within reach at the end of 2018.

It's pretty easy for anyone to come up with such predictions. If we look back at how many self claimed experts we have seen predict $50,000 and $100,000, it's safe to say that they are just riding the hype. I hope we haven't stopped thinking about how the same "experts" back in the days were major skeptics. These people don't care about Bitcoin, they don't care about blockchain as technology, they just look for media attention and that's really it. Let them talk as much as they want and do your own research. If these experts were so confident in the price, where were they last year? Says enough.

Absolutely true, people just started to get knowledge about Bitcoin and its technology and also the future of blockchain technology. As people gets to know deeper, I believe the demand will increase and thus the price as well. So its pretty much possible it touches the stated value. But its hard though as pump and dump will still exist even if it grows with a strong base.

There may be a lot of chances for bitcoin to reach 40k$ in the end of 2018.I hope it will occur very earlier.Many new countries start to accept bitcoin and many had start to trade of bitcoins.This factors will make the bitcoin price to reach of maximum value.Let us wait and see,even it may reach 50,000$.

Well hopefully it does. It encountered quite a number of challenges during the closing week for this year so i hope we'll see a strong btc comeback within january. Though 40k would probably be by the latter part of the year

It seems that January is going down for a while :-\

a bit later we all enter and welcome the year 2018, lived a few hours away even several seconds longer. I personally have a hope and a prayer for the progress of the bitcoin in the future and of course all the users will also be equal to my expectations expect. This will occur hopefully in bitcoin can be more $50 k until the end of the year 2018. because I'm sure the price of the bitcoin increasing continuously

I think $4000 is just as conceivable as $40,000. No one knows what the year will bring. Perhaps BTC has earned a nice breather to warm up for the next halving. Or it'll carry on until everyone's head is spinning.

Bitcoin is good and market competitive currency So we can say that it will grow more in the market but to achieve the $40k It is a little bit difficult that it will grow up to the expected amount like $40,000. But i have seen many changes in the crypto market so it can be said that every thing is possible in this market. Bitcoin is very successful in the present time.

That is definitely a possibility, however more important than the price my biggest worry for the next year is if the the lightning network is going to work as advertised if that is true then everything will be fine but if that is not the case things are going to get really difficult for bitcoin.

One need not to be optimistic about because if your prediction didn't come to pass so many people who has invested as a result of your prediction will be misled and probably loose huge amount of money as a result one speculation. I don't think you get your information right because ethereum market value far above $500 even as at the time you open this thread.

Even 50k, but this is probably the maximum ( though we said 5k was the maximum for Bitcoin in 2017 too and see what it did )

Possible to happen. Bitcoin is full of surprises, we never know what will really happen until it happens. The fact is that Bitcoin have already surprised many people that didn't expect to see its sucess. To make this possible the interest in BTC must keep increasing and more people must start investing, more businesses must adopt it as payment method and the technology must continue being improved, this way we reach $40.000 or even more!

I believe this is very possible and bitcoin will actually get to $40,000 and above in 2018. I have to also accept this reality that ethereum is going to double in 2018 and holding this 2 coin should be the best thing to do now. 2018 is going to be a fruitful year in the history of cryptocurrencies.

Without the bitcoin current transaction issues, bitcoin can reached $40,000 or even higher as it has so many potentials and everybody loves bitcoins. The demand of bitcoin was unbelievable in 2017 but due to the high transaction fee and slow transaction speed, people started losing interest in bitcoin and start looking for another solution.

The price prediction of bitcoin is always negotiable among the folks here . Bitcoin's value is very hard to predict .  Reaching upto $40000 should actually not be a difficult figure to attain witnessing the current growth of bitcoin . But that would ofcourse need lots of changes in the current scenario of bitcoin . Reaching upto such value would also need an increase in the block chain size for its smooth functioning in the transactions . Without such updations bitcoin will always be at the verge of falling again as many people tend to dump it when they are sick of the problems associated with bitcoin.                                   

$40,000 per coin is a bit difficult, but quite possible. If the exchange rates reach that level, then the market cap will be close to $700 billion. It is still much lower than the market cap of fiat currencies such as the United States Dollar and the United Kingdom Pound.

Yes it is possible to reach $40000 but i think that this could be done mid-2018 in the summer

In my opinion , Although the price in this period is volatile as well there are difficulties in the wallet like the fees and the high number of transactions ( Especially the unconfirmed). In otherwise, I guess that in 2018 there will be many changes in bitcoin And it is certain that the price  would be much better than the above ,May will become 40K in mars 2018 . And at the end of the year, the value of the market cap will be more huge and the price will be more of 100K( maybe that will be achieved  in November  or December 2018).
Furthermore,  Perhaps there are many cryptocurrencies  will growth witch bitcoin. Such as , Etheruem, Litecoin...

Some people has guesses for $100k in 2018, some of them have guesses for $25k. Let's make an average approach and say my prediction is $45k for this year. Next years, I think it will make us surprised a lot!

I think so. But its not gonna be a smooth climb like the second half of 2017. You would see several dump and corrections before BTC hits $40K - I believe it will reach by the last quarter of this year.

From this point of view the end of this year looks far away and everything seems possible.
If the price will rise fast like at the end of 2017 40000$ is possible but still I think that the growth will slow down a bit and 25000$ sounds more realistic to me.
Also there are some other things that could influence the price like forks, fees, unconfirmed transactions.

40000 is the real cost of bitcoin at the end of 2018. To rise in price in three times bitcoin can even up to summer.

$25000 for bitcoin is not hard to hit, but there's also a possibility that $40000 reach at the end of 2018. Even though there's a lot of trial happen before touch that amount. Because if we see the gap of this amount from $40000 was so far.

However if you review the increasing of amount of bitcoin last 2017, it was increase from $900 to $15000 currently with gap of $14100 only.

many investors ready to pay millions in bitcoin and many companies ready to accept it.
The funny part is are you ready to sell before that price or not? Are you ready to sell at 10k or 20k or are you looking for more?
It is this greed that determines whether you will get a lot of profits or regret.
bitcoin can easy reach 40k at the end of 2018 8) 8) 8)

I think it will reach > $40k sometime 2019.

2018 is the year for wall street whales to enter while price is still low.

Well everything is possible in bitcoin it can happen possibly by this year 2018. To hit $40k is somethings most traders to happen to get huge profit. As we know there are many still hodling bitcoin for a better profit this year.

We all have our own varying predictions.  One of few of us is bound to be correct.  Either way, best bet is to always hold some if not all.

Yes it can reach that landmark by this year as it can be easily reached because btc has potential to reach such levels.Predictions are diffucult to make in such feild but $40k seems achievable so lets wait and watch this happen.

It is possible, it is also possible for bitcoin to go and be traded for like 100$ per coin.... this is highly speculative asset and if you get good news surrounding bitcoin and other alts their marketcap can grow fast and pick new ATHs. Its not impossible for bitcoin to reach 40k specially if people start to see it like a gold mine for investing.

What I am waiting for right now is for Lightening network to become effective. If that can happen, there is every possibility that we may even see $40000 before the end of 2018 and that should be an healthy one as bitcoin becomes more useful as a currency with a lightening speed for transactions and low fees coupled with the level it has gotten to already.

I think that it would be a little bit hard for bitcoin to reach that price.Its because bitcoin is now itself struggling to reach its own ATH price of $20,000.More over,its also suffering from heavy transaction fee issue.So,i think that this 2018 would be a tough year for bitcoin.

maybe with more demand and more volume support at coinmarketcap position could lifted bitcoin price in this year which is eventually this prediction to reach $40k before end of year will come true and i think possible to do so and i wish everything will run smoothly with no upcoming bad news for bitcoin which make the price dropped suddenly

The price of bitcoin is too unpredictable, but against the backdrop of a low commission of altcoins it will be much more difficult to grow in price in 2018. I think $ 40,000 is the maximum mark that he will be able to touch at the end of next year.

The maximum that I expected from bit coin was 3000$ and it broke through all my expectations. Bit coin has already reached its latest record 20000$ and 40000$ is going to be doubling of the current price. Last year such doubling happen many times, so why not to happen at least once in 2018?!

In 2018 I think that the price of bitcoin has no boundaries and no barriers that can stop the price to reach whatever value it is. Just like what you've mention doubling of its current price, but if price might be able to surge back to how much it can be and possible it could take much higher or even quadruple of its current value. The biggest possibility is always there, so the best thing we can do is always wait for the actual scenario to show off.

Ethereum did touched the $1,000 mark and I guess there is a big group of whales that are starting to pump every coin.

Before it went to bitcoin, then litecoin, then xrp and now Ethereum. As Novogratz said that bitcoin will reach $40,000 this year let's trust him as there's nothing to be gone if we will believe on his prediction.

Waiting for bitcoin's bull and that's all we can do if you're a long term holder but if not, then keep buying.

Yeah with the acceptance btc gained last year, that's not impossible. Thoug of course corrections will play a part and there may be panic selling from jittery hands once again. But 40k can be branded as a decent target

In my opinion there is an higher chance we get to 30k but if we get to 40k I'm not going to complain, in my country 40k is a lot of money I could live with that money for several years.

I think 40k is so expensive  and the fee's of transaction is to high if bitcoin valued touch down on that price and alot of transaction will be delayed such as big amount transact.  Perhaps its possible to happen cause on this year i know there will be a massive demand , double from the year 2017, unless there's  no other issues again that can make alot investors decide to transfer into alts.  Haha however i think 20k is enough cause maybe a lot of problems will emerge again if that times happen.

Transaction fees and speed are probably the only thing really holding us back from reaching 40k much before the end of the year, if that can be solved soon then the price can really increase in my opinion. 40k by the end of the year seems like quite a modest estimate in comparison and I wouldn't be surprised if it's more towards 6 figures than that.

If we take into account that bitcoin grew more than 1300% last year, a growth to $40,000 would be perfectly possible since it would only mean an increase of 300% on an annual basis and, in fact, maybe a growth of this magnitude would be a clear signal of a potential slowdown in the bitcoin growth, which will not be a bad thing as it significantly would reduce the high volatility that characterized it throughout 2017.

I guess Bitcoin will rise more than that amount of money you mention above, OP. In my opinion, Bitcoin price will go up pretty fast in 2018. Do you remember the drastic increase of Bitcoin prices last year? If you remember then you know also that the price of Bitcoin can increase to 10-fold in 1 month. That can happen, but a fall in prices can also happen. Even a fall in prices can lead to a fall in prices to half of the Bitcoin price. But we need not fear, because I'm sure Bitcoin price will increase sharply this year. I hope Bitcoin will continue to increase to give me a lot of profit, hahaha.

I don't think it would reach that way, it's exaggeration of the prices. you know guys it would go to the moon but that doesn't mean to climb its price to $40000 im not being hypocrite here not believing onto its capability growing very fast and don't forget about the taxes when bitcoin will reach $40000 that will government will hand on. It took 7 years to reach $20000 mark , i think this also needs time for a $40000 value.

Definitely has the possibility but with the number of other cryptocurrencies in the market as well, it may be highly unlikely by this year. Just to give you an example, last January 2017 the price of 1 bitcoin was around ~$1,000 and by the end of the year it closed to around $14,000-$15,000. That is a 1500% increase on its price in a span of a year! The question is, will that also happen by 2018?
A lot of people are speculating that the prices would reach around $35,000 by the end of 2018 but I think that it may only reach around $30,000 due to a number of factors in the market, like government interventions, pump and dump schemes by whales, county prohibitions, or even shift of interests. But there is definitely that possibility of its price exceeding $40,000 depending on the situation.

Yes, I think it could reach more than that. There are some speculations that the price will go up to 20K in the 1st quarter of the year. And 40K is not far enough to achieve.

Just a very small advice, do not invest over the information that someone in a forum is giving you, you do not know why the person that is giving you an advice is doing it, maybe that person has an interest that a particular coin does well and it is trying to attract investors or maybe he has just bad intentions and wants to see people lose their money, so before investing always verify all the information you receive before making any choice.

Not sure of $40000, but it'll reach above $25000 at the earliest. Because recently an cryptocurrency enthusiast to an channel interview gave a talk in which he mentioned $50000 might be reached shortly as little by little situations were getting stable. Taking this into consideration I believe at least half the value of his prediction will be attained shortly.

The problem here is the question is CAN?   yes of course Bitcoin can reach 40,000 however I dont think 11 or 12 months is really long enough to be speculating on what is more likely a long term cycle event.

The last price obective I heard from someone speculating on the tail end to moves since the Mt.Gox sell off was a rough estimate of 15,000 to 25,000.        Think of it like a high tide and low tide, free markets follow natural patterns in that way.

The tide never rolls one way forever.      So 40,000 is possible but unlikely this year I think.    I will post the reason why I think 40k is possible not impossible and that is the decline of the dollar.  

Every price is a combination or fraction of two factors.   So bitcoin relates to dollar and dollar is in decline for decades now, hence 40k is possible


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Yeah, no one can tell us if that can happen by the end of 2018 and for me, it is too early to discuss end of 2018 and bitcoin will reach $40k? As what we can see, bitcoin price is continue to fall and we even don't know if bitcoin price can still rise up again or maybe no chance for it again.

40k by the end of 2018? That would be awesome but not sure if it can or will stay at the price if it's reached.

Maybe a good time for some holders to sell.

Be thankful if it is at 5k at the end of this year

Why not we go for predicting on what bitcoin prices will be having by end of this year. Because, speculations are based on what are the development happening around bitcoin ecosystem hence I'm not seeing any big trouble on speculating this year end bitcoin prices. I am expecting more $40k levels by end of this year as lots of new investors are rushing in to bitcoin ecosystem which will be helping bitcoin prices to reach any new peak levels based on these I am expecting bitcoin prices to reach at least $100k levels by end of this year.

You must be kidding or you would have missed out one zero in your numbers or it is just a typo error ?

Bitcoin will never have these low rates. Bitcoin will become an alternative to offshore. People will anonymously store your bitcoin lot of money. They never massively sell their coins. They are not interested in the price drop bitcoin. This means that a large number of coins will always be on hold. The demand will always be there. So the price will only grow.

The price of bitcoin prediction is difficult but I think it is possible to reach $40,000 per coin in the year 2018. it is a decentralized digital and first currently in the world and it is most popular currency.

Predictions and speculations makes a strong impact to push Bitcoin to a new ATH, because it will attract investors to put more money on btc. Although big players can somehow manipulate the price of btc, I dont know, not really sure but it really seems like they are involved with every movement of the price.

No one knows, but i think it is posible if the negative issues have done. If those critics against bitcoin currency will cease to disperse the negative issues it might be sure to recover the bitcoin price at the sink and could be reach at $40,000 or more than that.

I'm not sure about this. Last year, I actually thought that this thing has a high probabiloty to happen but seeing how Bitcoin is struggling due to the continuous dumps, I think it won't be able to reach 30000 USD before this year end. Right now, I am hoping that it will soon be able to recover and maybe that will be the time to make further speculations. But since it is still a long way this year, many things could happen.

I do not see the 40K. Not in 2018, and not in 2019.
I think that the people won't forget the drop from 20K for a long time.
So every time the price will increase a little, there will be many who will sell in order to save their profit.
The strong believe that bitcoin can fly is not there at the moment. And it will take time until people start believing again.

Although it is possible knwing that bitcoin spiked its price by the end of the year, it could also happen by the end of 2018 that bitcoins price could go up to $40k but let's not expect anything yet. The year has just started and we don't know how the market runs in the next couple of months so it is better to not really expect anything yet so you won't get emotional and then out of frustration you'll withdraw your coins on loss which is mostly happening to some newbies.

According to my bitcoin will reach 40 k at the end of 2018 if the movement of the bitcoin soon arose from the fall that has long made everyone be worried but I am sure it will be bitcoin will continuously increase in movement because maybe after He falls he will surely rise from falling. I also believe this will soon happen to bitcoin

It seems to me you are mostly correct, the previous year was an impressive year when we see the growth but it is not very smart to think every year is going to be the same, this year most likely will be a year of transition in which not much happens and even where the price goes down but we must not panic this bear market cannot last forever and the price will go up once again.

This is the kind of news those who panic sell their tokens during the crisis and i do hope it will be imprinted on their brains that bitcoin will never cease to rise and it will be a wakeup call for them to HODL their bitcoin next time.