price spike of January 2018

[victilum]

So I haven't found anyone's remarks on this most recent spike in prices.  My question is:  does anyone one have any idea as to what may have caused the price spike in the alt-coins for these first two weeks of 2018??

It happened for most, if not all of the alt-coins I own (except for bitcoin of course), plus I looked up others that I don't own and found the same spike.

So, wth happened?  Was it the end of the year buying spree over in China?  Did the big banks decide to start buying up every alt-coin?  Did some big bitcoin whale decide to diversify?  Was it another outrageous bet made by McAfee?