Prometheus and his pump group are responsible for current Ethereum pump. Prometheus colluded with Ethereum members to obtain insider info about R3 news in December. Fake news posts and shill spam also stem from the group. They plan to dump soon.
It's actually hanging around at 0.02 right now. I personally think it's a good time to get out of ether before it comes crashing down. There is simply too much currency supply controlled by one single group to make the system work.
The Slock DAO ICO will last for a few days. That will support the price for a while. I think the price will rise again.