I very much doubt that ETH will fall to the value of $ 1 this year! Yes,the crypto currency market is now going through hard times,but ETH is a very promising coin,and do not worry about its drawdown to such a low level!
It is not going to happen, ETH will need to lose 99% of its current value and unless someone is able to find a failure point in the coin then it is going to be simply impossible for that to happen, and while ETH is going through hard times I do not really think that we can blame it, after all the whole market is going through rough times so it will be unfair to put all the blame in ETH.