This is manipulation of available supply.  In terms of price, before the pump occurred, there was almost no difference.

https://archive.org/web/
(and inputting coinmarketcap.com)


Like in April the price was .005 BTC and now it's 0.009 BTC, so Ripple hasn't even doubled in price.  Most of this recent price gain is because people think Ripple is exploding due to all the faking and manipulation so they are frenzy buying / pumping.