I think depend with demand and supply during have good news why make this coin become favorite for investing by trader or investor, without any good news from developer impossible dot coin can raise to higher price, every coins always have feature and advantage so owner have looking way how to make some coin keep profitable and consistent on higher price without any bad news.
Now the developer and the community's job is to keep the price of DOT stable in the market. take a look at some crypto group members who will talk about DOT a lot. I think it is a strategy to maintain market demand.
when the price has stabilized and is not deterred by large volumes of BTC. then updates prepared for the future can be rolled out to make the pumps high again.
what we need to know, an asset will not make a high pump without community support which makes market demand increase. and the key is a reform that fosters market responsiveness.
it all depends on how the team maintains their community and market.