there are many reports which states that the coins sized my GOVT agencies will be auctioned soon...
if we do some calculation i think there are aprox 1000 BTC (maybe more) which are freeze by agencies from various counties
if i remember correctly Silkroad admin alone had 300+ BTC..does it mean we can expect a huge decrease in BTC rate in future ?
I do not think that thousand bitcoin could make any difference in the price,even if it is auctioned they will be selling at a very good price,so what is the problem in that,this is not the first time a auction is being conducted to sell bitcoins by the authorities,so there is nothing to worry here.
Downtine? maybe next year. I dont see right now that bitcoin will go back to 1000$ before this year ends. Im pretty sure bitcoin will continue to climb up again at 3000$
What makes you think that there will be a downtime next year,if you have any valid reason to think that,let me know what that is,because i am not aware of any bug that will take the network down.