Why is the price dropping so much right now?
The price usually goes with the trend, it can go down or it can go up regards of the outbreak of news. - It usually take upto 35 days for bad news or y good news to influence the market.
If you would do a thorough research you will discover that the news trending now is that many countries are trying to regulate and embrace blockchain technology. - More and more projects are starting to get built on Ethereum because its the most secure and reliable to use - Venezuela issued its first oil backed cryptocurrency on Ethereum (Petro Dollar) which is a good development for etherium.

Theres no need to be alarmed because its not only ethereum. In downtrend instead all of the coins spcially the top one coin bitcoin is the most affected one of this bad news and fud.
But eve how long it would take us.whats important is the recovery are soon to come,and i am pretty sure ofhat so lets just take it easy and keep the patience