It's my humble belief that the price was through the roof last year because of market manipulation, maybe as a part of a greater scheme to create a "bubble" so that people would loose their interest in crypto or something like this. 

I still think there will be massive new amounts of fresh money coming into the crypto space from the people by mass-adoptation, and also from various financial institutions who want to "get with the times" so to speak...
 
But you are right there are other ways to make money...