Right now, bitcoin mainstreaming depends on government action on taxation and the willingness of people to negotiate bitcoin prices in a highly volatile market. The willingness and ability of people to negotiate prices in a volatile market would push to the development of the crypto application environment.
It is not a bloodbath because of government action on taxation, interest rates anything from government. If you see the Bitcoin chart, you would see the correction must happen. It must happen just in one way or another. The trigger for correction can be from government or pandemic, whatever. And it is not a real cause of correction. The real cause is price grows too much and it must be pulled back to prepare for a new cycle.
It's not negotiation on the market. It's not a story or balance between supply and demand. Just a zero sum game between market makers and retail investors. A game of bet and liquidation.
Raising the lower level of bitcoin fluctuation would reduce the risk of fatal losses.
It is best to stay beyond the market for a while.