Things have never been that positive.
Price has corrected and is back to it's long term pre-2013-bubble trend where it belongs.
Exponential-growth myth is busted, there will be less wishfull speculation from now leading to less volatility / more stable price, which means that at last Bitcoin will start being useful as a transactional currency.
Blockchain technology has evolved a lot in a year and there are many exciting new innovations at the horizon.