Personally, I think we will have to wait a little longer. My own personal guess is that we might see a few more short term dips and recoveries, but that it'll be next year before it starts to consistently head upwards.

Probably once the result of the US presidential election is announced. If it is perceived as an honest result it should boost investor confidence, if (as I think more likely) the result is subject to an effective challenge or obviously manipulated with any challenge squashed by procedural denial before the evidence can be heard, then people's confidence in the system will be dented and investment will flow to crypto as a safe haven from falling stock markets and general lack of confidence in traditional investment routes. Either way crypto wins.