Let me state two cruel facts:

1. Do not believe that any project team dev will spend money to pump the price.

2. Do not believe that any project team dev will lose money.

The chips in the hands of the project team are free, printed out. Even if something like Stable drops to 1B, what does it matter? Will his free chips not make a profit at 1B?

Large market cap projects can rise, and in most cases rely on market forces, with a small part relying on so-called speculators to pump the price.