Of course, all sorts of price manipulations are heavily influencing the crypto market. Unlike manipulations this year, I think the changing economic conditions in the world are also having a negative effect on the crypto market.
Changing economic conditions has always been outcomes of bad economic policies, manipulations, controls, monopolies by the government, name them! Now, if care is not taken, just like we started having price suppression for physical assets such as gold and silver, these same set of manipulators will want to make the space the same thing.
The only solution to this is for people to realize this should not be just about them getting rich over night, but basically having the freedom to spend without being tied to the government bullshit policies that is affecting everything globally.