Though there has been a volume surge in crypto land as of late, we are still not here yet:
Panic buying then panic selling, the ol pump and dump!
If you haven't seen, this is a scene from Trading Places.
A film where 2 mega rich guys mess with 2 people's lives for their own enjoyment.
It's a social experiment of sorts, but not so fun for the people involved.
If you haven't seen it, it's worth the watch.
The post about exchange volume spiking can be found here:
https://steemit.com/crypto/@jondoe/exchanges-seeing-volume-spikes-across-the-board
Interestingly enough trading on inside info for commodity futures trading wasn't technically illegal when this film came out, but is now. Ironic.