It's probably because 2018 is a bear market season and now 2019 the market has recovered, we really cannot if the bullrun is already happening but its a good sign. The future of cryptocurrency is bright because mass adoption is gradually increasing and crypto will be mainstream in the future.
When we say future, we should look on the long term aspect, the market volatility now is normal at this early stage, but eventually it will dropped as adoption increases, that's the thing that I believe will happen in the future, and with adoption, the future is good as prices will follow up.
Investors and users are both will be benefited in the long run, provided the market will be successful, which we should hope now.