Bitcoin has been targeted once again with negative speculations over the media and it all started with flashing news when bitcoin reached its ATH and gradually publishers most possibly sponsored by government or banks are trying to question bitcoin's stability and we see new articles everyday stating Bitcoin is going to drop massively and all. This definitely affects nee entrants into Bitcoin which might lead them to withdraw it.
This time they are not directly targeting bitcoin but gradually.
You shouldn't be surprised OP cause whenever the Bitcoin market is gaining more traffic with surge in price it is going to be targeted by every background (the hacker, governments, banks, online scammer etc) investors just need to be more careful but I don't see the negative article posted about Bitcoin to be the reason behind the current trend the market because the market have simultaneously experience pump in price and at some point market correction must occur.