1. The  lack  of  regulations  in  the  market  has  been a  major  challenge  to  most  people   who  would  like  to  invest in  the  sector.  This  mainly  applies  to  people  who  are  willing  to n invest  huge  sum  of  cash.

2. a  number  of  people  also  fear losing  their  coins  though  hacking.  with  the  increase  in   number  of  hacking  cases  in  various sites most investors  are  now  slowing  down  their   investments  in  the   market.

3. the  rapid   change   in  technology  in  the  crypto  world.  more  sophisticated  coins  which  are  efficient  and  economical  are  now  being  offered  in  the  market.  a  number  of  persons  who  were  investing  on  btc  in  the  past  prefer  using  the  same  money  investing  in  other  coins.