It's not a false alarm, they have been banning crypto since 2013, LOL.
So why are investors still affected by this news? I haven't check the price, but today it is $42,000-$43,000. We are still above or at least in the average for this month. So I guess the drop will be temporary. On the contrary, if history repeats itself, this kind of statement from China will fuel another bull run.
This type of news will definitely scare the smaller and inexperienced traders so I expect the Bitcoin price to drop below 40K USD for a while.The price had recovered many times from this FUD.It will recover again.
I can't wait for China to ban crypto once and for all,so we could stop with all this FUD,that has been continuing for years.Bitcoin/crypto will be fine without China.Sure,the cryptocurrency prices would be way bigger,if China(or at least the Chinese government) was more open towards crypto adoption.
I expect a bull run to happen in 2022.I was more optimistic about this year,but the FUD will discourage many investors into buying Bitcoin.