I think the problem is that whales know there's no point pumping maza whilst everyone who's holding right now is expecting a pump, because everyone will just dump their coins instantly. So a rise will come, just not sure how soon it'll be!
I'm not sure, I think they worked hard for the last 5 days siphoning off all the coins they could from the bagholders as they lowered prices non. stop. If they have most of the bagholder's coins then a pump will work as those who lost on it, and sold, may be tempted to buy back in. It's easy to get bit twice by the same coin. AUR bit many more than once.