The ones who have been throwing the FUD were node operators who were making bank from their roles and they have now been removed. I would presume many of these were the ones creating the constant selling pressure on the exchanges and this for me is a good move.

Just like many of our top witnesses who are creating a constant selling pressure on Hive. Just take a look at all the piggy icons in this image below:

Piggy means un-staking and they have been for years... always selling...