Hive just won an award for innovation.

@hiveio/celebrating-anniversary-hive-blockchain-wins-advfn-most-innovative-crypto-product

I imagine this is the reason for the spike. In addition, with what LEO is doing it appears that HIVE may well become the space for the long talked of token creation for businesses. Imagine a business creating a token on the HIVE block chain and wrapping it in ETH. The tokens can be utilized for commerce without the HUGE ETH "gas" fees.

HIVE just might save ETH.