I don't see much of a difference for traders.
It seems to me that trading is easier now than a year ago in the same period. Now bitcoin is growing, followed by the entire cryptocurrency market.
Obviously, long positions are much easier than short positions, which means now is a great time for traders to make money.
I agree. Trading when there is a clear strong trend in the market is really easy

. It is much more difficult to trade in a flat. Now the market is bullish and one should be very careful when opening short positions.