What will January 2016 bring?

[MaritiJames3]

If we see more people getting into bitcoin by adding shops to the directory
More ATM's, january could be super for the price. A potential rise to 600 dollar.

[bitlancr]

It's really hard to say.
On one hand the price could go up to 500 and even to 550 dollar
Then on the other hand it can go back to 400 dollar and lower.

[chokesir]

The time for bitcoin to shine has come.
I would say we will see bitcoin beating highs after highs this year. Starting this month it can potentially grow to 700 dollar this year.

[richardsNY]

The time for bitcoin to shine has come.
I would say we will see bitcoin beating highs after highs this year. Starting this month it can potentially grow to 700 dollar this year.

Can't see the price go up to $700 in January. I am already happy if we manage to stay above $500 this month. That's realistic enough to happen. I know there will be a lot people selling around $500, but I hope it will be strong enough to catch the dumps.

[uki]

The month of January has been historically unkind to bitcoiners. We've seen the ATL (All Time Low) last January (for the year 2015). We saw the ATL for the year in January 2014, so on. January has been murder on bitcoins.

The coming January is no exception. We are going to see the ATL for 2016 in a few weeks. It will be a good time to buy, so get your fiat ready.

Having only six years of data, and that is the case for Bitcoin, discards talking about seasonals!
I read it again and again on this forum and really hate it.
For the coming year it statistically meaningless what happened in the previous years as the observation period is too short.
In case of other assets it takes at least THIRTY years to collect something meaningful!  

[Denker]

The time for bitcoin to shine has come.
I would say we will see bitcoin beating highs after highs this year. Starting this month it can potentially grow to 700 dollar this year.

Can't see the price go up to $700 in January. I am already happy if we manage to stay above $500 this month. That's realistic enough to happen. I know there will be a lot people selling around $500, but I hope it will be strong enough to catch the dumps.

I think he was speaking of $700 sometime around this year.
Not specifically now in january.

Regarding your prediction I hope we can reach the $500 this month. If not that's also no drama but then in fbruary, at least in march something with upwards movement should happen.
If we should pass the $500 quickly and keep rising there won't be bigger dumps happen I believe because many would start to speculate if this will be the run for the halving.And no one wants to miss that I think.

[Zoomer]

January will bring happiness to every bitcoiner, we can see price 500-600 this month or maybe more if we are lucky enough.upcoming halving will also impact price of bitcoin

[yefi]

Jesus, you think new year is some excuse to slack off work? Make my prediction come true already you loafer.

[ajareselde]

It's funny how people still talk about halving and how it will increase current price, but when you think about it; that's what they(even i) were saying when
price was ~230$. I still have no doubt that prices over time will increase by multiple folds, but i most certainly don't expect it this month.
imho this Jan we should hover around 400, with upps and downs of upto 50-75$. But ofcourse there are never any guarantees.

[uki]

It's funny how people still talk about halving and how it will increase current price, but when you think about it; that's what they(even i) were saying when
price was ~230$. I still have no doubt that prices over time will increase by multiple folds, but i most certainly don't expect it this month.
imho this Jan we should hover around 400, with upps and downs of upto 50-75$. But ofcourse there are never any guarantees.

That is exactly my point as well. You cannot count that halving alone would keep moving the price to $1k and beyond. That is absurd. We shouldn't go beyond $500-600, at most, if there is no fundamental developments to follow in the first half of 2016. Otherwise we will just stay in the horizontal trend, as you wrote, with $50 moves in each direction. It is good for day traders, but not for the long-term investors.

[Zacudis]

It's funny how people still talk about halving and how it will increase current price, but when you think about it; that's what they(even i) were saying when
price was ~230$. I still have no doubt that prices over time will increase by multiple folds, but i most certainly don't expect it this month.
imho this Jan we should hover around 400, with upps and downs of upto 50-75$. But ofcourse there are never any guarantees.

The price will be around $450 in this month. It will rise slowly in the next few month in expectation of halving.

[wikenpp]

I hope we are in from some nice price rally to 550 dollar.

This would give the bitcoin economy an enormous boost.

[boopy265420]

Don't be superstitious about the month of January as there is nothing such bad thing if we see the things in their context.Those last years were hard as Bitcoin was struggling for its survival and was fighting for its recognition.Now the scenario is different,I don't say there will be a huge rise in price as I don't have any idea about this.What is sure there will stability in price of Bitcoin this year in January and some rise in year 2016.

[fantoos]

This January will be much more different and will bring good things to Bitcoin in my opinion.It is possible to see price over 500 $ by the end of this month which will keep increasing steadily till the completion of block halving.

[iv4n]

In good and in bad we are here with bitcoin no matter what january brings. For some it will be good for sure and I hope I will be one of lucky ones.

[extrabyte]

I don't think that this January will bring anything new in the bitcoin network, about the forum i hope that everything will go well and no escrowscams that happened few days ago

[randy8777]

This January will be much more different and will bring good things to Bitcoin in my opinion.It is possible to see price over 500 $ by the end of this month which will keep increasing steadily till the completion of block halving.

why is this january different than previous january months? as far as i know nothing special will happen this month. i am already happy if we can maintain a price of at least $420 this month. everything on top of that is a nice present. it feels good to hold coins that keep their value fairly stable over a certain period of time.

[Zacudis]

I don't think that this January will bring anything new in the bitcoin network, about the forum i hope that everything will go well and no escrowscams that happened few days ago

What escrow scam?

[Amph]

I don't think that this January will bring anything new in the bitcoin network, about the forum i hope that everything will go well and no escrowscams that happened few days ago

What escrow scam?

here the drama https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1306301.0

[n2004al]

The month of January has been historically unkind to bitcoiners. We've seen the ATL (All Time Low) last January (for the year 2015). We saw the ATL for the year in January 2014, so on. January has been murder on bitcoins.

The coming January is no exception. We are going to see the ATL for 2016 in a few weeks. It will be a good time to buy, so get your fiat ready.

For the moment it is not at all bad. Big stability and high price. Maintaining the trend of the last 2-3 months. I hope that go in this way. No one can find what will bring tomorrow for the bitcoin but is a fact that all the previous year bitcoin was much more stable even than to many important legal national currencies (beginning from the is dollar). So have no "reason" to change it behavior this months or in the others to come. Anyhow all that we can do is to hope that this wish become true. Or even to pray. All the other remaining things have to do with "It". "It always can do what "It" want.