The eth team themselves are pumping this.....
Think about it, the sold out all their 15M in btc well above the $500 range, bought back during the $200-$300 range bottom, and are using all them btc to pump the shit outa eth now.
But would'nt that be a bit short sighted of them ? All they'll do is totally toxify the asset.
It did occur to me that someone was planning exactly that - pump it to high heaven and then dump it to death, but I wouldn't have thought the team themselves would want to do that. More like a bank that had something to loose from its success (or crypto's in general).