From the beginning of this month, we already heard that the electricity usage of miners were being restricted. I was surprised to see the rally last week. Now it seems that perhaps a bull trap was set up by some with foreknowledge to escape.
My personal opinion is that we have a different situation than before when similarly bad news hit:
bitcoin wouldn't be worth this price if it weren't for the miners continually pumping.
As ASIC mining becomes restricted, I think this could mark a watershed for the market. Here are some of my predictions:
BTG or Qtum may become the eventual beneficiary of this news.
Some highly speculative projects will be abandoned.
ETH 10k target in 2018 still valid.
EOS & NEO will also have some success.
Korea may take over mining, but it also may not. GPU-mined coins & POS coins will have better success.