Love the open-ended discussion theme of your post. Check out the latest articles on https://ethereumworldnews.com/ its a good peer-reviewed independent soured news outlet.
One article that catches my attention related to todays drop is: https://ethereumworldnews.com/vitalik-buterin-every-blockchain-sucks/
RE: Yesterday i did my first cryptocurrency purchase. Today most of them dropped 10-20% :D