The charts have recently dropped if you are a on a contact follow up on the currencies. You will see that steem has been dropping for a while now
As at earlier this year January 2018, steem was at $7.4 dollar but currently it's falling below $3.00 here are the price chart for you to view
As you can see the price keep declining compared to that of earlier this year
It's an urgent call for attention, because of the rapid decrease in the past 3 - 4 months