Yeah, bitcoin is currently quite stable at its around $1,200 value which means that there isn't much action right now. But i cannot think of any reason why it won't be at the level of say $1500 by the end of the year, as long as as you said, no major negative news is cast over bitcoin.
I would say that in 2017, there will be relatively less altcoin action and the big players will focus more on bitcoin as the market cap grows and whales are willing to put in more and more money into trading bitcoin.
However anything said now won't necessarily be the future. Nobody knows what the future holds for BTC