What does AM possibly have to gain from attempting to destroy their only source of income. Nothing.
It doesn't make sense for AM to do it. However there are likely early investors that might be trying to lock in some fiat out. As this is an experiment in a free market, it is possible that they do so irrelevant from the security. Let's call it "bad timing".
Of course,
now is the time to sell if you want to get money out
now.
[discl. - I am long AM]
"now is the time to sell"? If you mean bitcoins, the time to sell was very much a month or so back. There is only $60 to the bottom now.