Moneran's shouldn't forget the great Mintpal pump of 2014, which resulted in an ATH that wasn't broken for two years.
The important point though is that the price record was reached before trading began at Mintpal. Perhaps this time is different?
For me it does not really matter if we hit this week ATH yet or not. As some say volume on bithumb was today $200 millions, what is more then on all other exchanges combine. This is what Monero was lacking in last few months compared to other top10 coins. Now will be easily in top10 volumes and more on radar of traders. This was huge step for Monero. I had no ideas a week ago it is so important.
With things planed for Monero I am sure price will be way higher at end of the year as it is now.
Additionally - for some reason coinmarketcap do not yet included bithumb in data.