During last hour, the price of Steem rose to about $0.14, almost double than yesterday. This surge is happening exactly at the same time with the (in)famous experiment of "whales not voting". What a coincidence :)
Speaking of coincidences, the Steem price pump started exactly 22 hours ago, with a volume of more than 250BTC in Poloniex only, for a 4 hours window (that's almost 300k USD in 4 hours). The current pump window started a little more than an hour ago, on a volume of more than 400BTC on Poloniex only. Whoever is pumping has some very deep pockets. I have a few theories, but no fact, so I won't say anything. Just have a look at the chart.
Incidentally, at the exact time of the first pump window, @ned left a very considerate comment on my post about stopping my support as witness and seed node operator. Have a look for yourself:
I love how these things are left into the blockchain forever. Speaking of this, let's see one of @ned's comments about flagging from almost a year ago (thanks @remlaps for pointing that out in your comment):
Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're gonna get. I will award 1 Steem to whoever posts first, in the comments, the source of the previous sentence.
And now, ladies and gents, let the hurricane of downvotes begin! :)