If defendants are partially responsible for the March run, perhaps CEO is lining up some way to gauge, should a settlement not be final before big news that MYDX has entered the mainstream cannabis market, what shares the defendants purchase on the way up to its next peak. What will happen again is when buying slows, the defendants will have enough shares to control the market downward again while spreading false and misleading statements as it strategically sells to ridiculous bids at designated times.
If CEO is preventing another March-like run involving defendants, this could be the reason for delay.