I think we are beginning to see some improvements in the market. Hopefully this year will be a good year for the crypto community.
New year seems to be good for cryptomarket especially for ETH. This could also be for the anticipated hardfork. COVA will be benefited if they list it now.
I think many projects have timed their major updates in a nicely manner; almost all crypto projects have had major updates be it a major exchange listing an a release. This all helps. I like that Cova made the testnet net public.