Indeed its just how people perceive it, mostly superficial how everybody chooses to invest especially ripple -(no need to apologize when you say it as it is).
People go after the hype. I will not deny that I may jump in to share in the profits, but I won't keep it.

However isn't it every beginning of the year that cryptos go down, as someone mentioned in the comments?
I can't say I am not that long observing cryptos.