If as far as I understand some unofficial sources are looking at it as a way to pump/dump, actually I've been following it but there isn't much to it, maybe a story from the past and when the price showed signs of bullishness along with the positive trend of bitcoin at that time, it seemed to be a wave for the whales to legitimately push the price so, there was some news that i heard about the marketing and PR strides as promised by Justin Vendetta and the Verge team as they prepare for crowd funding back in March. But honestly it's similar to some altcoins at this stage everyone Everything happens in the short term and is not sustainable for us in the long run.