usually before the pump, the market always falls. and today I see the market experiencing a decline, especially for bitcoin and several other big altcoins. in recent days bitcoin may be able to hold above 9k, but in the end it still falls.
then I wonder if this is really the downfall before the pump?
considering that soon we will enter the end of Q4 2019, and in Q2 2020 bitcoin will be halving. so now is the last time the Whales buy cheap btc. that's why the market was deliberately manipulated to make the price of bitcoin go down. and after that they pump slowly to look like market growth.
so what do you think, is my thinking wrong?
Why do you think the market is being manipulated? Only the price went down to $300-$400 and this is the usual normal state of the BTC. Also, the price is always pumped up to any price, and the price can not be pumped without stopping. It needs to stop somewhere and regather power. Do not be afraid of this fall, this is just a small price fall, prepare for the next pump.