Market is always manipulated and this is not new but in this case ETH is one who should be scared..ETC now only can go up.
Im not so sure about it going up. I think it can retest $10 during next 1-2 months
But who knows how his faith goes since etc is quitely a good coin for staking and maybe by 1 or next 2 months the price of it will go bubble for more just like other top coins in market cap. So for now lets just follow its movement since many people is doing good for now and yet earning good for little staking.