Yup sure is, there has been more good news this year than last year, price doesn't reflect unfortunately but you are right there is much more mainstream acceptance of crypto.
Bloomberg for example wasn't talking or taking crypto seriously in 2014-2016, now it seems like they have an article or talk about it everyday. Same thing with other mainstream media outlets, gosh there never was any talk of crypto on fast-money in 2014, now they talk crypto everyday it seems.