In my opinion, this kind of trend on bitcoin's price is normal. This is just the way it goes, probably most are taking profit who have set their goals at $6k mark. The price of bitcoin currently is not the end of it, it might hit around $7k probably next month, and I, personally think, that the $10k mark is not impossible to reach in the upcoming months and we'll probably see the new year 2018 with a big bang! I'll stick with my strategy of buying bitcoin when it hits the bottom, then sell once I obtained my goal/target price.
I’d like to agree that hitting the $10K would seem impossible in the upcoming months but we will still experience a price increase especially by the end of the year.
I don’t think that this is just another pump and dump; as said, bitcoin is able to avoid this already unlike with other coins. Judging from the trend, its normal for bitcoin to experience this. It is but expected for their to be a price correction especially after experiencing a long rise in price.