Bitcoin has been steadily climbing towards its prior highs, and is now flirting with it. News has soured a bit with more talk about tulips, taxes, and government intervention. A little bit of talk about hacking, but light. What you want to see is confidence being instilled in the general public so they will adopt bitcoin.
Sentiment Analysis Engine of news articles and posts is indicating a shift to the negative as well.
The big issue at hand is the prior highs. Going into the Asian market sessions shortly, and with lighter volume, will enough buying step in to support the prior highs.