No surprise. The entire market is crashing right now, and Splinterlands has been in a lull for awhile so a lot of people are unhappy. It will return, I think once the airdrop ends.
You make a great point about buying DEC right now. I had been buying SPS (and HBD) but I might start picking up DEC as long as it falls more.
Glad to hear the peg will return!