Re: Is the XMR pump all due some darkmarkets announcing they will add it?
I don't give a benefit of the doubt to "speculators". These darknets are already accepting Bitcoin and some of them accept other alternatives too. A lot of the sheep investors who probably think Monero has some exclusive contract, like how businesses are either pepsi or coke. 
But bitcoin is not fungible enough yet, at least until we have confidential transaction and mimble wimble and more advanced technology like that.