I think EBTC may get affected by this whole CryptoKitties mess and its price may be sufferring because of the whole Ethereum network congestion.
not for long, eth is going to upgrade and that would make it much faster, fees will go down a lot.
Waiting to experience that, I hope eBTC will also benefit in the event there is a big rise of value.
ETH has been doing well lately, this is normal but not so hype this year, not seeing a hype is alright with me because it's a real development and I would only expect an increment after the upgrade.