- the altcoin market is very small and it is always super easy to manipulate a small market than a big market.
- the supplies of these coins are usually in control of one person (eg. the dev who premined it) and they gain a lot of control and money over time that can manipulate the price with
- the pumpers are always present in altcoins and want to make money
- the true purpose of altcoins is to get pumped and dumped and this process is what gives people profit and everyone wants that. they don't want manipulations to go away because it is their bread and butter.