Crypto is here to stay as you said.
The recent fud might be a plan by the big guys to bring the price down so that they buy!
The weak newbies are now panicking and selling.There has been a lot of ground work being laid and am sure the price might shoot to even 25k.
The number of exchanges coming up in the different countries,the fiat to crypto pairs and wall street interest in crypto....all this will blow the price soon.
A strong foundation is being built for crypto to thrive in .This last 6 months has been for building concrete foundation!