How would people keep investing in a currency that recently lost almost 70% of its value against the naira that just lost 35% of its value?
Thats because crypto winter is the best time for a crypto millionaire to accumulate their moon bag before the bullish market.
Why would people choose to invest in a currency that has been banned by the powerful central banks?
The Feds and the Central Bank only understand the centralization platform and they see decentralization which gives people hope and liberation as a problem to their ruling power.
The people are already aware of the benefit BTC introduced and they issue to ignore the ban of the government from stopping them just the Chinese did.
Why would people still have confidence in a currency that has faced countless media wars by powerful nations, corporations and individuals depicting it as a bad investment?
People are confident in BTC because of it potential and the bond it creates among its users. About the backlash from powerful nations, corporations, etc. This is expected to happen when an innovative concept is introduced and the same thing happened when the internet was introduced
There have been speculations and projections that Bitcoin price would keep falling until it would soon become worthless, yet people still trust it.
You said it yourself that they are speculation which means they are just assumptions and it does justify what will happen.