I feel that Crypto in itself is on the upward trend but perhaps Bitcoin might not be. There's so many coins that have improved on Bitcoin and while it does have a great dev team behind it, I find it hard to shake the idea that most of it's value comes from just being the most popular.
For example, if you're trying to use cryptocurrency in everyday life, something like RaiBlocks would be better suited since it is nearly instant and also feeless. I don't think Bitcoin could ever reach that stage, even if they greatly increase block size as there are other coins doing the same thing as Bitcoin (LTC for one).
Let's wait and see