So now they pay double. Poloniex doing a code review on how single confirm tx's can work securely on VNL didn't even bump the price decently, the altscene has gone terribly low in investors and in people who have eyes for quality coding.
Just look at the VTC pump: did it come when they booted lyra2re? none..... it came when there was nothing new for months.
Imho VTC was nothing more than a pointless chinese pump, the coin has almost nothing to offer.
I doubt VNLs rise has anything to do with them or their market, we had low volume pumps which is basically more people buying than selling instead of volume manipulation and botplay.
Else you may also be right that the market reacts later to the announcements, but the example is wrong imho.