There have been rumors going around that Mint is going to be pumped, and the rumors could be possibly true, but there is a 96893107.37617337 sell wall set at 24 sat on Mintpal. So unless this order is set by the pumpers to keep prices low until the pump is ready, it will be difficult to break through the wall. But it is clear Mint prices are being kept artificially low.
This order
is set by the pumpers. Yesterday it appeared and disappeared regularly. First it was @30, then it went to 25, then it disappeared for about 15 minutes, then it reappeared, then it was moved from 25 to 24. It's a fake wall.
If someone has 50 BTC to spare to invest in Mintcoin... they could destroy that wall and screw those whales out of some profits in the process :/