This might help reduce the "bubble-inducing" sudden interest in bitcoin as well, once it hit $10K, people around me who had no idea what a bitcoin was started talking about how one could purchase it. I think this sudden drop will drive those people away for now.

You also need to consider the CME because of this boost, price dip is normal and i don't see any problem with that, there is casual mass sell of Bitcoin because of the new high it reached but i doubt that it will stop the Bitcoin rally for now, not until we see the result on CME on how will they handle the investors on Bitcoin Futures, but as of now, we should all Hold tight.

My plan in bitcoin investment is stay cool. Raising and falling is natural rule in market so don't be affected by this rule. This time is for holding. I prefer not doing any thing in this time and hold tight. I predict bitcoin will raise again in next few days and will be reach a huge number in the beginning of the next year so i don't afraid of dump or prices falling, i have my own plan so i will stick to until it is finished !

Got to agree here! There's a lot going on now with crypto, and the market is too limited and narrow to lend any semblance of organic movement. The "bull run" was highly unnatural - but it is perfectly logical to expect profit taking and mass sell offs after the 10k mark was hit. I think those who gambled on even higher, 10.5 or 11k, will be feeling very smug right now. These will probably wait for January 2018 to see the aftermath of the sell off. Anything at this levels below 10k, or possibly even lower, will be seen as smart entry points.

Bitcoin is proving to be extra resilient. Hard to say how much of this is due to manipulation, though. And I'm simply unwilling to speculate deeper.

I am not even surprised that there is a dump happening already, Nasdaq is getting it mid 2018, Cme anytime in Dec that means the mother of all rallies has to begin, they are just buying at low prices and will sell when it booms, collect, hold, and sell later. There is a major rally coming just a matter of time and ps with the give away season it's best if it falls so there are more contest to earn then it's definitely shooting up.