Don't know if anybody has mentioned this new exchange somewhere in the thread before but maybe it's a chance for Gridcoin to hit another exchange?
http://www.allcrypt.com/beta/voting.php
Haven't had much experience with exchanging yet but I think it would definitely not harm Gridcoin to spread to one more exchange, especially since the next currency to be added to the exchange is vote-based with the ability to vote every 24h  I think the Gridcoin community has a fair chance of making it (at least from what I've seen so far )