The global crypto market exhibited heightened volatility yesterday as fake news of Walmart accepting Litecoin (LTC) as payment sent the market into a frenzy. LTC experienced a classic pump and dump with a 35 per cent increase being pulled back all within an hour. Bitcoin (BTC) briefly gained by 4 per cent before retracting along with the rest of the market. The press release was distributed by the GlobeNewsWire agency.