I would take what Max Keiser says with a grain of salt.
Wasn't he pumping his coin - MaxCoin - about 18 months ago?
Yes. Everyone in the community should stop listening to that guy. He maybe bought a large amount of ETC and is now trying to stop the people from selling it down which what is going on at Poloniex. He is just another person talking without really knowing what is going on. A good example of another person like this is Brian Armstrong of Coinbase.