The best manipulation is the one exercised by ourselves, while there is not doubt there is manipulation in the markets the truth is that when the price goes down people cannot stop worrying since they have a lot of money invested in bitcoin this in turn creates FUD and when the opposite happens and the price goes up people are very positive about the future and this creates all those positive comments you see.
Long term holders don't really care that much about short term pricing. So they're definitely not the ones "FUDing" in this case.
What I .personally see is a flood of negative news coverage from major sources, such as bloomberg, cryptocurrency news sites, as well as a surge in the amount of negative/pessemistic posts in speculation that leads to other people panicking.
And miraculously, after bitcoin bottoms and price starts to climb back up again, all these regulations are not a worry anymore and bitcoin is clear for takeoff again. Just make sure that you are aware of these trends and don't get sucked into buying high and sellign low.
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