I do not think that traders are selling their assets now. The market is experiencing worse times, but its unlikely that anyone will want to sell their cryptocurrency so cheap
I agree with you, I am also one of the investors who still survive the decline of crypto, hopefully in 2019 there will be good news.
Early investors are actually waiting for good news since 2009 and even in the middle, in 2017 all of the cryptos showed a huge growth which can be expected again. I am holding some bitcoins from long term which were been bought on the peak but still i don't regret and prefer holding them untill i gain the original value back.