Is there an actual reason why BTC will drop once it hits $10k other than the fact that everyone is saying it will happen?
As has already been said, self-fulfilling prophecy is pretty powerful. Back when BTC hit $5k, there were a lot of calls for a drop to $3k. The China ban occurred, and what happened? We bounced quite nicely off of $3k.
There has also been quite a lack of FUD lately. It wouldn't surprise me if something unexpected came along just as we breach $10k or shortly thereafter. I saw another thread talking about rumblings at the Federal Reserve. I know nothing about that, but something of that nature could lead to a quick correction/crash.