Approx 55 millions of EMC2 was burned. That were coins that was supposed to be mined thru wormhole feature. Wormhole was intended to award loyal miners, but since it was misused in the past (some miners were able to calculate when WH will happen, and then they would increase their hash), dev team decided to remove it. Less coins, higher the value. On top of that, a lot of new features will happen in the next period. Browse this thread, you'll find it.