This is a coordinated attack. It has been day after day of negative news. And most of the news is completely false and misleading. Reporting of countries banning crypto. Completely untrue, never evn been an option for S. Korea or India. They may have thoughts of regulating but not banning.
The news about Tether is old from Dec 8th and Ny Times article claiming manipulated price of BTC because of Tether. A $2 billion market cap coin propping up a $170 billion market cap coin.
Big money is using all their big money connections to lower this price. Are they trying to destroy crypto, I doubt it. US Govt could have done it years ago i feel if they wanted to. Could have made it illegal to introduce another "currency". The lies about terrorist money laundering could have been their easy way years ago.
I feel they are trying to lower the price of BTC because they were late to the game.