I hear many steem whales have a big interest in BitCoin, and do not want steem to do well. They bought into steem early (~.25c/steem), and are powering down and sellling off as much as they can to move the steem market down. I do not think they will win at the end, because many steemit users do not even care where the money comes from they just worry about powering up or powering down. I am glad you wrote this article to make people aware of todays market.