Sounds like you explained it yourself.  That might also explain the horrible communication; it was a way to get the price nice and low to accumulate cheap and in volume.

You ever wonder how Alty finances 'development'?  You think he works a day job and then funnels that into paying devs?  He plays the market just like everyone else except he can stack the deck.  It's easier than stealing candy from babies.

I think that after a while it becomes obvious that insider trading and bullshitting people is a MUCH easier way to profit than actually producing anything.