This cryptocurrency climbs over 300% in a day; is it a pump and dump?

Key Connect Coin takeaways:

• Connect coin’s unusual price action
• What’s driving the sudden volatility
• XCON joined by a number of smaller coins experiencing similar volatility

YEREVAN (CoinChapter.com) — Connect coin (XCON) is not new crypto on the block. However, the recent drastic curves in the price action are noteworthy. The digital asset surged by 304.36 percent, only to lose another 99 percent, all in 24 hours on July 26. It is not entirely clear what caused the sudden volatility.

XCON’s price action has been relatively stagnant after establishing its all-time high of $0.68 in May 2019 and steadily losing value for the next few months. The price fell to approximately $0.001 by January 2020 and hasn’t seen drastic action since then.

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However, the past 24 hours showed a significant spike in volatility. XCON went from $0.00038 at 00:00 on July 26 down to $0.000037. After the sudden fall, the price rose again to $0.00042, only to lose another 99%. The volatile action continued throughout the rest of the day, establishing a stable value at approximately $0.000442 by July 27.

According to stats from Messari.io, the 24-hour range went from $0.000109 to $0.000477.

At a modest market cap of only $17,300, Connect Coin is actively traded only on HitBTC centralized crypto exchange. Despite the volatile price action during the noted period, the trading volume was notably low and stood at only $81 in 24 hours. The low trading volume is indicative of a possible pump-and-dump action when a small number of actors manipulate the price for future profit.

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Random crypto price actions

Volatility is nothing new in the crypto market. However, some coins are far more volatile than others.

Connect Coin didn’t show violent price swings in the past year.

As a result, the recent fluctuation came as a surprise. However, the reason behind it is not entirely apparent. Currently, the XCON token is ranked #2438 in the list of cryptos by market cap, with XCON/USD trading at 0.000445. But it’s not the only coin that saw drastic spikes in value. Small coins come and go similarly all the time.

Another example is WebDollar (WEBD), which jumped up and down in price by over 100% in a single day back in June 2021. As a result, it jumped to 18th place in the cryptocurrency ranking overnight, only to drop back to 873rd place.

Similarly, though not as drastic, Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) managed a spectacular debut and jumped into the top 10 hours after its launch. Currently, the digital asset is ranked 22nd.

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