Could this pump have been caused by westerners trading on Huobi, who want to get their money out of the exchange by buying btc and transferring it to Stamp or whatever?
This is something I've been wondering for some time. Even if it is chinese, the logical reaction to a pending ban should be to _buy_ asap and transfer to a safe wallet.
Yes in general but that doesnt have any logical connection to the small pump this morning. If western traders wanted out of Huobi (and they didnt do it at any point in the last 4 months) they would have done it while Stamp price was $15 higher. Theres no reason why all of a sudden western traders would jump from Huobi, I also doubt that there are that many western traders trading on Huobi anyway.