There's a lot of brand new and recent negativity over Ethereum (but I was pointing out their problems for a couple of years). The blockchain bloat and technical problems weren't new but now (last 48 hours) people are pointing out all the blockchain bloat and sham ICOs.
Etheruem price is tanking right now (moreso than NEM and other alternates!).
Until a victor emerges from this, there is a possibility we may see renewed interest in NEM in July. To me, it seems like it is the time to buy NEM and hold NEM - because in July we could see new an all time high.
When NEM goes up it goes up. We may even hit the orbit of Pluto if Ethereum implodes and all the capital flows into the NEM network.
July looks like it will be a good time for strategic updates and market gains.
Unless NEM is marketed and updates are given with regards to development you can be damn sure that there will be no renewed interest. Apart from people checking this thread or looking at the NEM forum there is literally 0 awareness about the project. I see threads popping up about the best scalable blockchains etc left and right but in none of them
NEM is mentioned. That makes sense since it is kind of hard to know about upcoming features if they aren't being shared. Instead people put their money in mere concepts of blockchains rather than in one that has been working for quite some time already.
If you look at trading volume NEM has been at the bottom of the top 10 basically for as long as it has been there.