-Continued adoption, continued development, continued investment
-Microsoft, Dell, Overstock, Newegg, Mozilla, Wikimedia, Expedia, Paypal all accept it
-NYSE, BBVA, DoMoCo all investing $75 million into Coinbase exchange
-COIN ETF launching this year
-Winklevii launching Gemini exchange this year
-Bitcoin/Crypto talked about in more positive light at this years Davos world economic summit
-More and more Bitcoin ATMs opening up around the world
-NY Bitlicense launching soon, not as strict and restrictive as once presumed, allowing more innovation
-More mentions in media and movies
-Andreas Antonopolous wrote first technical book published by O'Reilly Press: "Mastering Bitcoin"
-Various startups gaining steam:  Changetip, Xapo, Purse.IO, Brawker, Ledger, Tresor, etc
-We have not even reached Bitcoin 1.0, still in Beta.


There's plenty to be cheery and hopeful about, just have to give BTC time to grow.