Its kept low because these days the marketcap of a coin is inversely proportional to the worthiness X time alive X real chance of obliterating Bitcoin.
Well said. Literally the worse something is, the more it goes up.
Have you seen hyperstake today? 750% yearly inflation, lol! Therefore it pumps like crazy.
I've started shoving small amounts of money into the absolute WORST coins I can find on poloniex. Since then they're all up, and Monero is down. Every time one rockets up I sell it and buy more monero, but then I wonder why I am doing that, because Monero only goes down, while these shitcoins easily get pumped hundreds of percent.