A few minutes ago, STEEM had another swing up, trading on Bittrex at $8.06. The swing took STEEM as high as 60k satoshis, the same value EOS is trading at right now.
It corrected since then and on coinmarketcap is listed now at around $7.73, but I had the chance to take a screenshot.
Volume is similar wth the last two pushes of today which sent STEEM over $7.
Some very deep pockets are out shopping at the beginning of the year.
Later edit: Coinmarketcap adjusted too:
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