Bitcoin is working hard and becoming the future of money IMO, the fact BTC remained and got this kind of attention is an additional proof to that and the technology of blockchain had already been recognized as a great leading financial service system.
It attracts more investors and adopters to come in and with a lot of goods news spread this makes bitcoin as the future of money. It may not be directly the future money or the main currency in the future but this will live for a lot of years and people will rely on this very good crypto currency that offers a lot of ways of earning.