Everything that happened in late-2020 and early 2021 was just made possible by the additional cash that came into the OTC from people gambling with their COVID stimulus checks. I understand there were groups on Reddit coordinated which ticker to run up next which of course benefitted existing OTC traders who merely had to watch on L2 anything they had been holding long-term and sell each tax lot for a conservative profit.
For instance, I just happened to have a few tickers where I had a lot of .0001s and .0002s even though the CEO hadn't done or said anything for 6 years and several others with just a few M at around .0010 > .0012 that I had accumulated over 10 years after the runs stopped on them and I got all my money back out of all of them.
People are likely to have more disposable income in 2025 as fuel costs come down reducing the price of everything.