Recent drops have been caused by a combination of factors, Noble theorizes, from excitement about low-quality coins, to negative remarks from Elon Musk, to China’s recent crackdown on crypto services. The accumulated response made this sell off “all the more violent,” says Noble.
Meanwhile, even the most enthusiastic bitcoin evangelists are realizing that a retooling is in order. Michael J. Casey, a senior adviser for blockchain research at MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative, recently wrote about how the crypto-winter has arrived, but it may lead to better things down the line:

If current trends continue, observers predict that the last Bitcoin unit will be mined sometime in the mid-22nd century, for instance — not exactly around the corner.
Safemoon crypto is not a coin, but a token. It has seen major price rises movements over just a few months in 2021. The price surged by tens of thousands of percent in April and May, then lost most of those gains by August. Such volatility is far from unusual in the crypto space.