According to insider information I've received from the $OPN project:
The World Cup is approaching, so the OPN team is eager to push the price up because they see cash flow to the predicted trend.
They also want to push the price up before Polymarket TGE because Polymarket's valuation is very high, so #OPN will benefit.
However, the problem is they can't push the price up right now because there are too many buyers and too many people opening long positions. Therefore, this project needs a much longer accumulation period to shake out holders and traders.
Many people called $ICP a scam after its price crashed from nearly $700 to around $2, a drop of more than 99%. Most projects would have rebranded or changed their ticker to hide such an ugly chart, but $ICP kept the same name, the same ticker, and continued building through the bear market. That commitment to long-term development despite the criticism is what I admire most about Internet Computer Protocol.