I am skeptical that BTC will get any higher than its max has been, as some are potentially predicting, but I think that's good. As much as people love to make money on BTC's instability, it's better for the currency overall if it finds a reasonably priced home to hover about. The constant roller coaster is what gives skeptics ammo against its potential implementation! (I mean Fiat changes in price too, but admittedly not at the insane rates as BTC! Great observations!
Ah yes but bitcoin is actually much more stable in terms of its wild swings now that it is at a much higher price point. Before we saw swings of 1000% and more on the negative side this time around we saw about 80% as more money goes into bitcoin the more stable it becomes as more parties are involved instead of one single user having a majority control to trigger ups and downs in the market.
One thing I really really hope that happens this year is people stop reacting to fake news (yeah we can all dream right lol)