I came across an interesting Forbes article today about this very thing. “Bitcoin is trading upwards for a number of reasons,” says Fran Strajnar, CEO of Brave New Coin, a data and research company focused on the blockchain and cryptographic assets market.

It's mostly due to new money coming into cryptocurrenices, of course the community has been saying that once new money comes into the picture Crptos will begin to soar and I think that this is that time we have all been waiting for. If this new money is coming from sources similar to Rockerfellers as Strajnar is saying I think we are in for a wild ride for the foreseeable future. He also says that new tech is a part of this upswing as well while I'm not as familiar with all of the new updates as some members here, I think that he might be right.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2018/04/24/heres-why-bitcoin-is-on-the-rise-again/

I've included a link to the article as well.