90% of those who are talking about death of bitcoin are the same people who are trying so hard to buy bitcoin when it drops a small 5% so that they can accumulate a tiny bit more.
The rest 10% are the newbies who fall for the 90% FUD and are scared of the situation.
yes, many investors are trying to drop bitcoin prices so they can buy bitcoin at a cheaper price, they drop the price of bitcoin by influencing bitcoin holders for fear of storing bitcoin longer so they want to sell bitcoin at a low price to reduce more losses again.
Yes, I agree with your opinion on this topic. There so many investors which are influencing bitcoin holder. According to them storing or holding bitcoin for long-time will push you into the heavy loss. And when due to the fear many newbies sell bitcoins and after that these investors are buy the bitcoins at a lower price.