If you a a trader, you can speculate for short term, but if you are a newbie, better hold your portfolio for long term
Yes, right it is normal situation and i think it is just panic sell that's why market some down but it is not matter it will recover very soon. and everybody should hold there coin. an other thing is that crypto currency is a volatile so everybody should have Patience about this.
Panic sell is something instant, thats why it called panic, but when the market goes down for almost half a year - it is not panic movement
I guess osmeone need to make bitcoin cheap, and that is how he(they) do it