The OTC looks dead because the small investor no longer has extra capital to play with and the down market has put a squeeze on the whales.
Early 2021 the OTC market had a surge because COVID stimulus checks a and the extra 600 dollars a week unemployment check gave the small investors a lot of extra capital to gamble with.
Between inflation, recession, higher interest rates, and Federal bonus money gone there is little money available to gamble in the OTC for average Joe and the whales are afraid of the current big market being unstable to gamble on the OTC..