I would like to think that at this point of maturity for BTC, crashes like this wouldn't happen. I mean its practically trading like a penny stock.
I might be wrong but I'm guessing that only a small % of the 16.5 million bitcoins are actively traded, and this may go some way to explaining why it's so volative for something with a market cap of nearly $1 trillion.
I also imagine that there are fewer institutions and professionals trading this market than bluechip stocks, which might compound the skittishness.
I suspect bitcoin traders might be a bit different to the major players on Wall St.
