If most trade is done in Yuan on a global basis, its surprising we dont even mention briefly the price level for that currency only the dollar counts. Maybe even Euro is relevant as it is the second largest currency in the world.
$1000 should be mostly a psychological level to beat or to stay above, that is partly why Im bullish. I think most people are waiting for some significance just due to three digits becoming four and there really is nothing special about his area.
Dollar itself has varied in its true value since bitcoin was last 1000, FED operates QE every day and the amount of dollars circulated increases far more then bitcoin gives out new coins (QE stops circulation also since FED is in effect another arm of government, but like headline and effective inflation operate without direct link I think dollar becomes weaker from QE)
It seems USD volume has overtaken Yuan since the crack down from the PBOC. A lot of money seems to be flowing into JPY also, so I think China's influence on Bitcoin is weakening due to these two factors. I don't think Euro being the "second largest in the world" is relevant, as the size of a currency doesn't really affect Bitcoin. Just if that currency is being used to trade against Bitcoin.
With that being said, it does seem we're holding steady above $1000, and we might retest higher levels, but I still remain cautiously optimistic.