You can't prove with numbers that increasing demand for buying HIVE (or any other asset) makes the price go up, because there are always other potential factors. Nevertheless, I'm going to stick with that as the primary goal when it comes to increasing the value of my Hive stake.

I would disagree on the factual point of Hive following the rest of the market. In the last 30 days Bitcoin is up about 2%, Ethereum down about 4%, and Hive is up about 30%.