I suspect that the exchanges are doing their best to keep the prices artificially high by limiting sales and withdrawals under the guise of technical issues and support load.
This. Very much this. 100% this is a major reason.
+1 to all of the above. I am just buying small chunks of it here and there as the price falls with play money. It's not much of an investment grade thing yet imo so that's how I play it.
That honestly wouldn't surprise me either, I have very little trust for the exchanges.