Actually we never can tell if the price was manipulated or not but let it be known that most people in the cryptocurrency space today are on board because they got informed about the profit in the system and how they can generate such profits.
But unfortunately times changed and things might seem negative to a lot of newbies
Truth will always come out eventually, when blockchain technology is being investigated as a way forward for FinTech I can see many investigations taking place. Sadly many got caught in a web of deceit at the time @airsoftman