I don't think any altcoin will be pumped before the hardfork for sure. Everybody dump their own alts now to get more btc.
So when is this Hardfork planned?
The fork for bitcoin is coming up October 20th or 25th I don't remember the exact date. Shitty timing on WAVES part for their rollouts!! As a WAVE holder myself I hope it blasts off and do good things by year end!!
Waves will be fine. You can't just hold back on releases or announcements until you think it's a good time to release them. That's pretty much market manipulation. Waves has a lot of upcoming releases so it has a bright future regardless of when they come out. Waves is not a one hit wonder project.