Bitcoin has been around for quite some time, since 2009 to be exact - but it is only over the past few years that it has garnered the attention it deserves.
past few years , that would be 2017 i guess ? because thats the time btc reach its first highest price and that suddenly caught the attention of the non bitcoiners to check out btc but it was this year were btc got its biggest break because its 2017' value are now got doubled and more heads are turning in to btc .
The media and critics are always quick to jump on any movement Bitcoin occurs, but can Bitcoin actually crash?
Take a look at this article, its summed up quite nicely:
https://4king.com/can-bitcoin-crash/ media did it because this was an interesting news and they can get viewers if they cover anything related to btc more often . media reporting the stats of btc is helpful because we can get an idea if where is the price going at