I hate to believe this but my gut agrees with you.  For all the cheerleading that bitcoin will protect us from the banks, etc. we now see those same banks making obnoxious splashes in the shallow end of the pool, throwing around access to unlimited amounts of printed money... and not hesitating to figure out how to manipulate the price.  Not sure what to do... again time will tell.  I want to believe that btc is freedom tech... and I'm cautiously optimistic.