We're in a state of mass adoption right now. The biggest whales are gradually pushing the market up until they get to the point of heavy market resistance. That's the point where hype isn't enough to push people to buy, probably around 8.5K. At that point, we'll have risen 5 K in 2 months (I believe this will happen around the fork period). When that happens, the whales will take out billions, setting of chainreactions from sell orders and panic sells, pushing down bitcoins price to around 5.5K. At that moment, the best alts (Eth, Ltc, Neo, Stratis, Sonm, ...) will likely rise up, bitcoin following slowly, leaving behind the shitcoins. By the end of the year, Bitcoin will have found a new ATH at 10K. We won't see John mnAfees 500K bitcoin in three years, but we might see 30K.