Expecting BTC to fall down to $3k show your inability to understand Bitcoin and it's ecosystem. May I remind you that Bitcoin may never fall down to that price anymore. Anything that makes Bitcoin to fall down to 3k, that means it's a dead coin because certainly panic will be high and more will sell and dump Bitcoin to shitcoin. So if Bitcoin falls to 3k now, I think there is no need to buy again because that will be the end of Bitcoin.
If bitcoin falls to $3k, it would mean it has lost more than 96% of its value. Only shitcoins get dumped so hard, coins with real potential and future will never face such a severe drop. So I also agree that if that happens, it will be a sign that bitcoin's journey is over and it's time to leave it, not a buy signal as many people say.
Anyone can decide to speculate the price of Bitcoin each year but that doesn't mean they must Surely come as expected. Bitcoin is a decentralized coin . Which means its price cannot be manipulated which means it must give you the results or outcome of the market and the results is what make the price. So if Bitcoin is speculated to reach $350k by some folks does not mean it must hit $350 this year. I am not even speculating that Bitcoin will hit even $200k this year but something around 120k to $150k but $350k is unrealistic as it stands now
Well, people can make any prediction they want and it depends on their expectations. But I don't think that bitcoin price is not manipulated, on the contrary I believe that bitcoin price is seriously manipulated.
Even though bitcoin is a decentralized currency, it is still listed and traded on centralized platforms, and the majority of the trading volume takes place there. So, to be more precise, no one can control the bitcoin network but manipulating its price is not too difficult for them.