Is there a specific reason why crypto is continuously falling at the moment?

Is this still a bear market? Is it a fucked bull market? What is even going on? When searching for possible reasons as to why it’s happening, most sources seem to suggest that it’s due to the uncertainty around a new covid variant. But wasn’t this kind of danger/threat always present? And why is going down „slowly“ compared to a harsher „crash“ like just a few weeks ago? My tactic is to HODL and DCA my coins/tokens anyway so it doesn’t affect me as much I feel, but I’m getting curious as to why my portfolio is seeing mainly red for a while now.