World leaders talked about crypto in 2017 as well but this year, many has come forward promising to create their own cryptocurrency. Though it may not be as good as we know crypto as but it certainly would attract more people towards the real cryptocurrencies.
Yes it would attract same with Libra, though its not really going to be meant as decentralize cryptocurrency, the ingredients of it where it also uses blockchain means triumph for the blockchain technology. Government creating their own digital currency is also one of the trend this year and China was the first we know are developing it and then there's France and Germany.