4,324%ˆ in 48 hours! Are we being suckered by another EMC2 run-up?

Is it possible that the 4,324% run-up​ in Einsteinium since this last "big News"post below was written 5 months ago is a pump and dump scheme or is there something real here? Alos does Poloniex know something we don't and simply refuse to communicate issues with the public?

In 48 hours EMC2 hit an all time high of $2.88 and in the last 6 hours has dropped to $2.03 on Coinmarketcap.com.
Core wallets are supposedly getting a segwit fork in the next 24 hours.

The middle section of this article was written in June by donchate and posted right here as we all watched Poloniex freeze EMC2 trading with no warning. (please give him proper upvotes)

*from @donchate June 28 '17
Einsteinium is essentially a Litecoin clone with modified block distribution parameters and has been trading on major exchanges since early 2014. Along with many altcoins, it began picking up volume and price in the last few months. As well as becoming a target for various speculators and pump n dump groups.

https://twitter.com/einsteiniumcoin

https://www.emc2.foundation/#timeline-section

WTF Poloniex?
Less than 24 hours ago Poloniex froze EMC2 trading with no warning, notice or announcement anywhere. No deposit or withdrawal either. Many were buying ahead of some dev news posted on the EMC2 website and twitter (above). Others were bagholding from prior price action. Meanwhile the coin continued trading on other exchanges to a daily high of 0.00003333 BTC @ Bittrex.

Having never seen Poloniex freeze markets before, we will be watching this carefully to see how it unfolds for people with coins currently stuck in limbo. EMC2 was maintaining a small but not insignificant volume (other lower volume coins remain trading), there was nothing in the trades preceding the freeze to suggest anything. The lack of communication from Poloniex is disturbing.

https://poloniex.com/exchange#btc_emc2

Could it be Segwit?
Coins cloned from a large alt, continually face decisions on what changes to merge and how to do it without breaking their strategy or coin. Seems that EMC2 devs have decided to merge Litecoin segwit code quietly and without attracting the controversy surrounding it. Either way, this would be a legitimate fundamental change which could very well move the price upon release.

Tweet from @_ranewman

Other speculation as to the reason include:

a large organized pump and dump which Poloniex was trying to prevent (not sure why, as they profit from trade commissions)
fear of EMC2 code update breaking their node (which affects deposits/withdrawals and shouldn't warrant stopping trades)
Poloniex planning to delist the coin without warning (why didn't they just delist then?)
Poloniex lost their EMC2 wallets somehow and are insolvent in EMC2

Conclusion June, 2017
Be careful when trading shitcoins and never invest (gamble) more than you can afford to lose. As of this post, still no official response from Poloniex or EMC2 regarding what is going on. - end @donchate article

Conclusion 2 DEC 7, 2017
Be wary of Poloniex
Be open to Bittrex, Binance and others
Study your white papers, teams, and stay liquid.
Communicate with your community

Lastly, does anyone have any updates or comments they can offer us all here? Please do share