I know this will get buried but whatevs. The crash isn't going to just happen because of fear, panic, and the media. It's gonna happen because big players are inflating the market with there millions, and many of these big players are using Bitcoin for nefarious purposes, i.e. not clean money, as in lots of federal crimes. I'm guessing some will be arrested, but many will simply cash out and take there profits, leaving you HODLers with a Bitcoin that's greatly depreciated in value. Then the HODLers will jump ship (from panic and to keep what's left) and then it will crash, quite dramatically.

The red flags are there, foreign nations/actors (Russia, China, North Korea etc.) with intentions of harming the U.S. economy (among other things) both investing in Bitcoin, and then saying "nah we don't really want that, we like the block chain though so we're gonna make our own crypto lol". It may not have started that way but nation States have realized the insane pump and dump reality of a virtual and untraceable currency. It might be now seen by some as a vehicle for money laundering for services such as attacks on certain Democratic nations...

So yeah it's gonna crash because it's actually a giant funding machine for bad shit. As much as the media is using "fake news" to 'delegitimize' Bitcoin, others are hyping it's worth, value, and prospects. Suppose the opposite of the media talking points, who is behind the push to make you spend tons of money on a virtual currency that your NOT supposed to use?

That's just my opinion though, I ain't no economist. Good luck with it, I really hope a lot of you guys don't end up penny less.