Anything can happen at anytime, even in this bear market, some coins still moon like crazy, for example, ARAB went from less than 0.01 to over $11 now, even in this bear market, hold if you can because green day's are coming soon.
You are right, there are such coins. Of course there isn't a lot of examples, but they are. Everything seems to me depends not on the market, and on team of the project. If the good team she develops the project and the price of his coin can grow even in the bear market.