Look op, judging by your rank, i think that you have also been here for quite some time also. And if i am not mistaken, you should've already read a lot about not just bitcoins but also about most crypto currencies existing. And i honestly think that someone like you have at least looked at the history of cryptos at least once or twice on how they move every month of every year. Which is why i do not understand the reason for your worries. I mean, don't you see that this corrections are healthy for the world of crypto as a whole?
Unless, you can show things that prove your claim, i really wouldn't be worried. Instead, i would be happy since this is a great opportunity to invest amd gain more profits. Just sayin'.
I dont think op did the research in the movement of cryptocurrency in the past years. As what i have seen is history repeating itself, having a dip in the first month of the year then rise in later part of the year. Though op has a point in his post but it did not justify on how banks manipulate the price of cryptos. To take control over it they need to buy a lot of coins and not just bitcoin to manipulate cryptocurrency.
It is pretty easy for them to control the market with bitcoin futures , you just have to pump enough money in both.
I'm not sure how big of a hand bankers have in the whole cryptomarket , but the last month the whole market moved down at the same time.