This is nothing but a pump and dump. It is comparatively (to most) extended. Front loading began in April of last year, and over 50 million shares were bought up. Toss in the scripted pump, slosh a few shares back and forth to ease the price up hoping that retail bids follow it up, and here we are. With 50 million shares (minus whatever was sold for profit on the first plunge) bought in a a couple/few tenths of a penny, the next dump is going to be brutal for the naive investor that believes the fairy tale that a billion dollar hedge fund gets merged into a stinky pink company with a CEO who lies about his credentials to the SEC.