SBF and the SOL Pump

Here’s a hypothetical question, please put on your tin foil hats.

SBF is due to be sentenced in March (which falls before the halvening) for upto 100 years. His legal team have requested that sentencing be moved to June (after the halvening when crypto markets traditionally explode) which was denied.

What if, the crazy pumps seen in SOL (all whilst the Total Value Locked in SOL is declining) are linked to SBF / Alemeda in an attempt to get a reduced sentence for SBF by having potentially lower losses to investors at the time of sentencing?