nice insights @cryptoticker.. lack of talent is not something I had really thought about but it makes sense. I think the old guard has been pressing hard to spread FUD. in addition to the high profile nature of bitcoin at the end of 2017, it was inevitable for a correction to occur to match such a rapid rise. It will bottom out and then rise more slowly.
It's also no surprise that the equally record high stock markets took a pounding losing up to 1,000 points !