@neonuke - Previous patterns show that Feb 2019 = Sept 2013 in bitcoin. You know what happened by Nov 2013. I believe that early 2020's will bring major shifts in monetary policy, decrease in power of the big banks and probably the end of the Federal Reserve system of banking. I think 2018 will bring significant FUD, but I expect bitcoin to still go up and have a net increase in value. The 3rd world will be brought out of the abyss of the underprivileged because many of them have cell phones and little more than a mycelium wallet for remittances.
One day a Mexican illegal will get sick of Western Union's 15% fee, put $100 in a bitcoin transaction and the next day it will be worth $1000 instead when it crosses the border to his family. When this happens, it will be game over for central banks. Banks will of course still have a role, but their influence will be drastically reduced. It's what Andreas Antonopoulos calls "infrastructure inversion".