So was the "launch" of the exchange the last-ditch effort to create some hype to dump the rest of the premine? Sure seems like that looking at the price-action over at Cryptsy...
Hello Timetarp,
The exchange is one of the projects that was planned to be released from the early beginning.
We cannot decide for pools or people at what price they sell their Phenixcoins.
The Phenixcoin Team, of which I'm a member too, keeps working on creating and supporting services for the community and PXC, like
PhenixEx.com, or the PXC
client update with faster transaction speeds and block reward at the original specs.
We keep pushing forward services and updates but we won't rush them, so no ETA's.
Feel free to
sign up at our exchange, or take a look around

Best regards, MaGNeT
The Phenix Team