I read somewhere that they are proceeding with proposals for a hardfork so people are buying now. Can't remember what additional features it will have but closer ties to ethereum ETH was in the list
That would be quite strange if this was true news. I have always known ETC to be the complete opposite of philosophy and principle with Ethereum,,, and surely we all remember why this happened. To make a hardfork and then become closer to ETH does not seem like the mood of ETC developers for the past 2 years plus. But let me also read up and see what new developments are happening.