This is STILL in play!
Binance repeatedly disabling XMR withdrawals citing network congestion is the coal-mine in the canary: there is a liquidity crisis.
There are only two macro solutions to a liquidity crisis when it comes to scarce energy-backed assets like Monero, since you cannot artificially inflate the supply.
1) Bear-raid the asset and flush out weak hands. The liquidity comes from holders exiting positions. Why isn't this likely? It creates a game-theory game of chicken. The end-game is still mark-up in this scenario; there is nothing realistically competing with Monero in terms of privacy coin USAGE. You can raid the price artificially low, but you're creating a cheap entry for your opponents (or even "friends"; let's not act like rich fucks don't front-run each other...) Furthermore, the monero community is one of the most die-hard and loyal of all time. If anything, we already saw the bear-raid at $180!
2) Pump it - (then potentially crash it.) The liquidity comes from holders exiting positions, just as scenario 1.
One thing is for certain, though. XMR Tail emission. Stay strong monero marines!