The Hive price is mainly held up ATM by @smooth's HBD stabiliser fund which purchases $50K Hive a day from the markets.

It hasn't been for the past few days. Since HBD has dropped back to around 1 USD, the stabilizer mostly just returns the HBD. HIVE is holding on its own for now.

That stabilizer has removed millions of HIVE from circulation, so perhaps that has a lasting effect.