2018 was never the year of the crypto market correction because we saw bitcoin dragging down in value with most altcoins following its lead. However, the latter part of the first quarter of 2019 seems to be the correction point. In the mean time bitcoin is now above $5k and things seems to be looking in the right direction for a further increase in value.
Agree with you here, because 2018 is sure a hellish market that people dump everything right away and it goes deeper and deeper, it seems like bitcoin time is ended because many regulations pop up. But for the year, it is a correction time which people need to adopt it back again to gain some profit in the next few years later