I wouldn't call it manipulation because it happens to every stock. It's just traders. They buy on the bid and sell on the ask. Some of them aren't good at it so they don't break up their asks. Which ends up looking like manipulation.
None of that matters because we're just waiting on material bullish catalysts with volume.
All of this small volume nonsense will go away once we get some good news.
If they want to bring it to .002 and below bring it on.