The flash crashes happen. As long as you don't have a sell order on the market then it is just noise. Many people trade stocks with stop loss orders. The computer is told to sell if a stocks goes below a cretin point. You can take advantage of this buy putting in a very low bid on something , and if this happens again maybe you get filled. I don'[ know if cryptos have limit buy orders or stop losses. something to think about.
RE: ETH price plunges down $13