I think that someone or some group has been trying to manipulate the BTC price by spamming these worries on various social media over the last couple of weeks, which has created some natural pushback against the idea. But that doesn't make the idea false.
Bingo! the only thing I wish now is for all this Tether fiasco to end ASAP, even if a small correction is needed.
People should start demanding financial audits to every single exchange they trade on, that should be the norm.