It is true that the market is volatile but a the same time this does not mean that it is completely unpredictable, we have been saying for a time that something like this was coming and those that were bearish did not believe it and instead were shorting the market, I really think this is move did not only came from a renewed interest from investors, I really think that this could be in part because many of those that were shorting the markets were on their last leg and as soon as they got a margin call this created a domino effect that allowed bitcoin to grow really fast.
Rumors like this are growing a lot just to give a boost to market movements.
then after the Hype or FOMO is over they will clarify.
But Amazon seems to be serious about developing cryptocurrencies. not without the aim of opening job vacancies to be in the position of blockchain and cryptocurrency experts.
Technology continues to evolve and amazon will certainly make developments too.