I'll tell you more. Such manipulations are not the first time and experienced investors and traders are not surprised. All these negative news, most often come out during the fall of the crypto currency market, to lower the rate even lower and large investors could purchase currencies at the most favorable prices.
It was the hacker who spread the fake news that china banning cryptoccurencies traders and ICOs including foriegn exchanges.which is also the one of the root cause problem why the price of bitcoin put in very critical situations very rapidly sink down. Its because of this hackers including the media who is responsible for the spread of the fake news.