Yes, lots of talk about slow transactions. In the Slack channel for the Exodus wallet, yesterday, konnor_k put out an announcement:
Please be warned The Bitcoin network is currently experiencing the highest level of congestion seen since May 2016. It would not be unusual for BTC transactions to take 12+ hours to confirm even with high fees. If you aren’t willing to risk losing access to your funds for many hours, please avoid sending BTC at this tim@here