Has Stellar (XLM) Followed Ripple (XRP) With Massive Crypto Supply Manipulation?

A few hours ago the Stellar Development Foundation burnt a whole bunch of XLM. Ripple have also been fiddling with crypto token supply recently in a possible ploy to inflate token prices. Stellar Lumens pumped 25% on the announcement and XRP also got a lift, but are they connected?
Stellar Pumps On Crypto Token Burn
Just a couple of hours ago it was revealed that the Stellar Development Foundation has burned 55 billion XLM from their total supply.“We just burned 55bn lumens” —