That's right, 2018 is a difficult year for the cryptocurrency. Nearly the end of the year, the value of most of the coin in the top 20 of the world's strongest cryptos has fallen sharply. At present, their value has not increased.
In 2017 i was so stupid that i thought the hype will continue and bring crypto to a more mass adoption.
And here we come the bubble is popped.
I think it will be very difficult to climb back to the ATH again if there is no hype like it was anymore, and also there are so many bagholders who are ready to dump their bags if the price increases a bit.
I think a majority were victim of the same belief, me also. It just looked to good, the fundamentals were strong, it felt like crypto is taking over the world. In the end all you can do is try to learn from it and try to be more cautious next time. Don't believe the hype, don't trust your own emotions, just act under pure logic and take profit as often as possible when in bubble territory.