there is 0 reason to move the price down, at this point, the news has been good, china and gox are behind us, TAX has been paid
Well, not sure that the news have been good. For the public who is not committed to Bitcoin, ApplePay sounds like a formidable competitor.
MtGOX is still not over, in several senses:
* The liquidator has not yet started to collect the claims of former clients,
and does not even seem to have a clear idea of how to evaluate them.
Meanwhile Sunlot is trying very hard to derail the liquidation and take
over the "investigation" and "refunding" of clients --- whose greed
seems to be much better developed than their business sense.
The fact that people lost a lot of money
and did not get anything back yet often gets mentioned by general media when they mention MtGOX.
Not good for Bitcoin's public image.
* There is still no credible explanation for how the 600'000 BTC were lost.
Many theories are out there, and some of them may have implications for the
future of bitcoin. There is a criminal investigation going on by the Japanese police,
but is may not address the bult of the coins, only a very small part.
The lawsuits started by US and Canadian clients were retired by
negotiations of Sunlot and the bigger clients. This continuing mystery
about what happened is not helping the public image of Bitcoin, either.
* It is not known where those 600'000 coins are now. They may have been
cashed in long ago, they may be sitting still waiting for the investigations
to be called off, or they may be circulating through tumblers. In the last
two cases, there is the risk that they will be dumped on the exchanges
or in the OTC market at some point. They may be being sold now,
and causing the drop in price.
I have not seen any sign that China has lost its influence on the price. On teh contrary, the fact that the price does not seem to react to Western news sugests that China is still setting it. (Note that the guys who bought that 30 kBTC sale at Bitstamp may be arbitragers.)
If China is still in control, then it is not surprising that there was no recovery after the October 15 tax deadline.