Could you please explain how did they handled it? I am afraid that plain statements without arguments are not valid as the situation which was as you said handled by devs could be interpreted many ways.
I'm not saying you're wrong, maybe I made a mistake as I'm surely novice in cryptoworld but as everybody knows something that others don't then our best hope is to share the knowledge (actually it's the same argument why bitcoin was ever created, to decentralize - money and so do the knowledge.
oh come on, they did this several times... saying there will be 'big' announcements, hype events, even with countdown clocks and all. The shadowmarket has been announced like 3 times... Each time the coin was pumped so the devs could sell their coins at elevated prices...
This last pump mas the most insidious, another 'big announcement' was coming, they pumped the price, dumped their coins on their 'hyped up' endusers and then released a total non-announcement, another promise consisting of only hot air...
best regards,