I wonder if this is due to the Bitstamp fiasco. Because of what ultimately happened to mtgox, when the bitstamp exchange came back online again, a lot of peopl

I wonder if this is due to the Bitstamp fiasco. Because of what ultimately happened to mtgox, when the bitstamp exchange came back online again, a lot of people probably wanted out as quickly as possible, fearing it to be insolvent. Since keeping bitcoins oneself is too technical, the easiest path to cut ties with bitstamp would be just to sell, and probably many of them did.