Of course, it's the first crypto currency, and so everyone is attached to it, then it become an enigma because as I have said, the prime mover, and then it's creator suddenly went underground and no one heard from him since his disappearance which added the mystery to his creation.
And then as we go on the journey, people find ways to trade it and then we have a reach history about exchanges, from Mt. Gox to the current one. And then the first purchase of Pizza, crypto gambling and others.
As for the price, yeah, why not? $50k is just around the corner this year. The market is very positive up to this point because of so many good news like approval of Bitcoin Spot ETF and then the block halving next year.