Just seems weird to me that if people can get 50,000 XRP for free, why the market price for 50,000 XRP is ~$30-35.
It's value is purely speculative as has been said.
I would say many people is just holding the coins with no estimate of what should be the price and fear of miss-selling. Other speculators are buying because they think they will rise in value.
Of course there must be also people who are just cashing out ASAP, it just seems that there are more speculators on the other side.