with all the fud and bullshit cleared and the main govs regulating ready for mainstream taxation and adoption what is still holding btc down at these levels?
The Chinese New Year makes some speculators/buyers take a break (but also some sellers - mining farms are in the same situation).
I don't know when the US tax period ends, afaik is in February and afaik it's one of the periods many still transfer their gains into fiat.
The quantity of FUD have decreased indeed by a great deal, I expect any day now the spawns start singing around the "BUY BUY BUY" song for a good while.