A sinister pump or genuine rally for the underdog coins??

[Daper]

Past few days, I am seeing all those backseat coins which were floating around in 1000/10000th of a penny are surging unbelievably with 3 digits rise. I am hodling some of them in big amounts and this sudden surge is making me sick in stomach. These shitty coins have no reason to surge at this pace yet it's happening out there. Most mainstream coins are stable and trudging along a penny up, couple of pennies down etc.

What gives? Is this some sick perverted pump by some crypto cartel, or mere new year enthusiasm or a genuine ride up for such coins?