... There are no (serious) forks coming up, no massive scandals like a major exchange going under, the mempool is back to a reasonable size, and there are some

... There are no (serious) forks coming up, no massive scandals like a major exchange going under, the mempool is back to a reasonable size, and there are some really cool things on the horizon like lightning network, and even further out possibly schnorr signatures Bitcoin just survived possibly one of the largest market manipulations ever by it's rival Bitcoin Cash. I would NOT call Bitcoin stable at this point.