Another thing why i don`t think its pump-dump, its amount of coins. Much better for devs in case of pump-dumping was to make coin with a least /1000 number of coins. To make more value of single coin, to dump, pump it faster.
Smooth - what kind of cluster do you use to mine Bytecoin?
The number of coins is relevant only to the rate at which they are mined. Bytecoin was mined quickly within 2 years.
Now, what again tells you that this isn't a pump-dump?
By the way, no, making a coin easily pump-and-dumpable does not make it profitable. It makes people catch on and ruin its chance to hit a marketplace.