Lately more people had heard about XDNA with new collaborations with 3rd party services and an increased activity in this thread, however the price was stable. I believe this means that many investors were waiting to see if the team would stick with their roadmap and keep updating the project.

With the fork coming soon and the new wallets already ready to be downloaded and our updated site ready to be released in a few days, I believe many sow that XDNA is a serious project with a team that is working hard no matter the coin's price.
It would make sense for these updates to bring in more investors, therefore some people decided to jump in first and that boosted XDNA's price. I'm sure more growth will follow as the team keeps updating the software and releases new stuff which increase the usability of XDNA.