Actually, such a drop in bitcoin prices was to be expected before the massive rally that everyone expects according to forecasts, but the reasons for the fall in BTC are very controversial.
The influences are coming from different reasons, but most are coming from whales who loves playing around and create
impacts to shake down every small traders / weak holders.
I see a certain pattern in the fact that bitcoin actively rose to $ 12,000 while the dollar was falling, and until today the opposite trend has been taking place, that is, the strengthening of the US dollar in the context of the ongoing financial crisis has triggered a decline in the bitcoin rate.
Not sure to that pattern as both have different venues, though it's still investors who creates majorities in terms of market
value.
But you also need to take into account large-scale mining pools that send significant amounts of BTC to exchanges, which are very different from the usual.
Make sense. Large mining company can do that, they also have such capabilities.