We're currently 17th in terms of total 24h volume of all coins on coinmarketcap.com
It will be #9 if you filter non-mineable and premined.


Is this reasoning for price increasing?
Yes. Read
https://twitter.com/vanillanewsbits/status/612402595714498561 and look at what the other coins in the top 75 are offering.
Also, there have been a number of zerotime commits on github recently. That means its release is getting closer.