I think this is normal. Prices rarely ever just continue on an upward trend in-perpetuity. There are son many examples of coins that have opened strong, dove, recovered, dove, recovered. Doge hit cryptsy and sank to like .00000052 btc. Jamaica bobsled giveaway happened and it shot up to 250 or so. I remember when anc got listed on cryptsy after trading on a shaddy coin exchange and it held strong before tanking badly. It recovered after a month or two. Look at the run litecoin had around november. That was like a 2-3 dollar crypto then wham. This period reminds me of the very early days of any coin. On launch, miners come in, mine it to pieces, sell quickly and bounce. If it's good crypto, you get a great bargain, and by bargain, like ten to thirty fold. On the other hand, it could be garbage and then you are stuck with MIM (not fair, don't know MIM, just crypto-profiling). What I'm trying to say is now is a great time to reload, get some more at a great price if you believe in it. By no means break the bank, or anything, I'm an internet weirdo for christ-sake not a financial advisor(though I do have my series 7.....not applicable to crypto....). If you're anxious, turn off the cpu or go touch yourself to some porn. Darksend isn't even live yet. Remember, for most people , it's all fun and games until you have to put some money on the line and risk a little to make a little. I'm not saying this is a guarentee but I feel strongly about it, from what I have seen and heard from the dev and the community. We are growing slowly by the day and this is great, regardless of the short term price. For real-world analogy, Tesla had cars spontaneously combusting, ruining their stock price to 120s in late nov. Where is it today? Damn near all time highs. This hacking isn't even dark's fault. the market will even out. Time is needed. In the interim, relax and enjoy the ride. It will happen fast, the take-off of this coin. I'm just trying to figure what I can do to help.
Tesla never had the cars spontaneously combust. Out of every documented case, every single one of them was due to driver error, aka hitting something.
Oh and dude. Holy Wall of Text!