If you pay close attention to historical charts, you can see and possibly remember, MINT when up 10x around this time last year. So maybe it is an annual cycle sort of thing. Looks like it is on a longer-term growth trajectory overall. Also keep in mind the minting reduction that is probably going to have an effect on price as people can't get new coins as easily as before. And there the minting rate is halving again at the end of the year. This quite possibly could be the end of cheap mints.

There is only so much MINT in existence and you can't just print it out of this air like fiat money, so it is bound to rise with time. Time is definitely on MINT's side. MINT is almost 2 years old, and pretty established so why not. It's obviously here to stay, and IMO think it is a possible contender to rise in market cap higher than DOGE or even LTC someday.

Just keep minting and watch the value of your mintings grow! It is sort of like growing a tree farm, it takes time for the tree to grow, but eventually you have a forest full of valuable wood. keeping minting is like consistently watering your trees. Stay fresh!