Anyone making money by treating Cryptos like Penny Stocks?

I'm curious if anyone is (1) benefiting from identifying pump and dump schemes and (2) whether anyone is doing short term trades? Leave me a comment, thanks!

Linking to an article on the subject from Forbes - doesn't seem to be too bullish on the idea

https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2017/04/11/mixing-penny-stock-with-new-cryptocurrency-does-really-not-improve-either/#67cb3a1a4d17