With goverments/ banks starting to manipulate/control it and resent price crashes and nto picking back up.. is bitcoin showing signs of failure?
You haven't seen a crash yet. I've seen Bitcoin crash from 30 to 0.01, it hasn't died yet.
I agree. The rumors of bitcoin's death are greatly over exagerated. Governments are actually accepting bitcoin surprizingly well considering it could one day challenge their fiat currencies. They have been cautious but not out right banning the technology. That's probably the best middle road stance we could ask for.