The buying bot has been activated, just like after every dump for the past three weeks. I think we are fine.
Is this someone desperately denying reality (manipulating for stability?!) or you think he is actually making a profit with that thing?
It all depends on how deep his pockets are.
My best guess is he has $1M USD+, and a bot set to buy around (rough estimate from what it appears) ~25-45 bitcoins every 1-10 minutes (time varies) when the price is less than ~$11.80 and when the price has not changed ~1% within 15 minutes. He wants to rack up as many BTC he can before taking us on a rally.
Or like you said it could be someone desperately denying reality. Lol
One thing for sure, he has not made any money doing that this past month, which is why I think he has to be in it for the long run.