Despite this great news of Soros stepping into cryptocurrencies, the price of bitcoin dropped from $7000 to $6600 in just a few hours. Would this drop have been initiated by Soros or just coincidence?
I would say it's just a coincidence. Truth be told, the market is not responding to good news anymore. Right now institutional investors are waiting for regulation to become more clear, before investing again, and retail investors are probably scared since we are on a bear market.
Not saying there aren't people buying bitcoin right now, but we definitely are facing a lot of selling pressure right now. At least those that bought just for the fast profit are facing a lot of pressure, since the market keeps dropping. As for the reason for the drops, it's probably manipulation in order to keep the price low, and keep flushing all the week hands out there, just to then buy it again at a better price in the future.
Before bitcoin gets real adoption, we will probably keep seeing these moves, and the rich just keep getting richer.
To be honest we can fight this just by holding our coins. There is no reason to sell them, if we are planning for the long term. In fact, we can even do better and take advantage of the manipulation that is going on, and just keep buying after each small dip.
As for the news itself, it just shows that interest is still there, and everyone that makes their research will probably understand that bitcoin is still a good buy for the future. Let's face it, development is on the right track, so what more could we want?