At least this one is not acting cowardly by running away with all the money. However, it's true though that at the end of the year there are usually so many things that happened to the whole bitcoin community even the biggest dump back then happen December-January 2018 if I'm not mistaken and that's such a scary thing to happen.
Many exchanges stop their activities, we must expect new exchanges in 2020, spur that it will be good
I'd recommend only uses reliable and trusted exchange not trying any new exchange that appears out of nowhere because the cycle will basically be happening again and if that goes on, many people will become a victim and losing money all over again. There's just no real reason for using such exchange.