It doesn't have to be a bot, it's just someone taking advantage of the low liquidity to raise the price in hopes of noobs placing liquidity at or just below the current market price. Then giving the larger guy that got screwed a couple days ago a way to get out more safely. (He'll slowly sell on that liquidity, but not too much as to cause a price drop or ensue a panic sell)

A modified OS that no one will use and encrypted messaging that does nothing for the price (you can see it used on other coins for proof). There really is nothing worth pumping this over.