I actually hadn't paid much attention to alpacas before, but I was shocked to see it rise to nearly a dollar today.

The contract will be delisted a few hours later today, and the spot market will be delisted in two days.

The contract delivery rule is that it must be forcibly settled at the current price when it is delisted, so the speculators wildly push up the spot market before the contract is delisted, profiting from the contracts by closing many long positions at high prices. It doesn't matter if the spot market eventually goes to zero.

This is truly a strong spot market manipulation; having enough concentrated alpaca chips allows this to happen, while also taking advantage of the forced settlement upon delisting, saving on closing costs and slippage.