Guys, your reasons for the continuing downtrend are all wrong.
It's pretty simple.
1. Whale(s) spend a full year pumping Bitcoin and altcoins to the moon, using massive leverage.
2. Whale(s) gain control of the float and thin it out, pushing prices to the moon.
3. Whale(s) massively short sell/dump in one go. Ending bull run. Whale mega money then sits on sidelines.
4. Whale(s) use lotza coins to squeeze remaining float up and down to make money trading. Mostly down.
5. Average Joes finally lose interest. Sell at bottom.
... and then... eventually... (*we are not there yet*)...
6. Whale(s) use sidelined mega money to scoop up cheap coins at the bottom. Downtrend over. Next bull run starts.
There are no "reasons". There are no plausible "FUD". Its just the way it goes.
Yep!!!! This was all pre-planned from a year ago and perhaps two years. There are whale manipulators who knew these details all along. I knew it.

Probably this plus a lot of coincidences : Mt Gox, futures etc. Now the whales are just preparing to move capital from their FANG investments to BTC, on their terms welunderstood. Although the first effect of the FANGs going South will and has, also a negative effect on BTC.