As at two weeks ago we experienced a major drop in the price of Steem, The price dropped from about 1.10USD to 0.89USD in just a matter of 36 hours and then began to rise back up about 20 hours ago.
Screenshot of weekly chart for steem from https://coinmarketcap.com
Maybe the predictions are coming to pass?
Steem is expected to go as high as 4.20 USD and go down to 2.73 USD by the end of the year? The market may be very volatile but at least Steem was higher than 3 USD as at the end of 2017