This has been a good period for Cryptos in general. The meteoric rise over the past month has once again drawn the attention of the MSM, bringing more money in to the market. Also it would appear that clearly some very large whales have floated in, I reckon they may have been spooked by just how much their accumulation affected the market and slowed down their entry so as not to cause complete chaos.
It also served to teach a lot of newcomers what is good, and what is bad with the current utility being provided by Crypto. There is clearly a lot of work to do, but so many interesting projects to observe and support.