I've been trying to figure out the rise too, so I started reading these threads. From what I can tell the creator holds like 45% of the coin!(?) If that's true then it's easy to make the price rise, especially with a dedicated marketing budget. All you do is don't sell and when the price starts going up others jump onboard to catch the ride, but you don't sell and the price goes up again, and more people see it going up so they jump on too! It's a strong upward cycle, but it doesn't last if the large coin holders actually start trying to cash out.