My final hypothesis on this is that, it is just spreading FUD since the year is about to end so he is running out of time to get what he needs to get. hmmm
Indeed this is one of those FUD to drive the price of Bitcoin lower. But well everyone has their own opinion and can do their own research. OP's stand is his belief and I will not argue with it but the fact that these kinds of FUD is everywhere, we might see a massive uptrend rally in the near future.
Its no wonder only few have more BTC, its expensive its true. You might not have any either, you're not the only who has no BTC in the wallet. Don't worry about that you share the same sentiment with millions of people.
The Chinese didn't put bitcoin on top of the cryptocurrency list, which is why I would have to think BTC isn't the least they care to manipulate. They like ETH, TRX and EOS more than BTC.
The fact that Bitcoin is much more expensive that it was way back 10 years ago means Bitcoin is being adopted and it will never become worthless as long as people like us who support, use and spread awareness about Bitcoin is here.