Could this be because of the way the price is determined?
Another theory is that a large holder switched to Monero, or simply makes usage of this intern functionality as a mixer. eXch is really attractive for an anonymous entity. No KYC and supports Tor. It reduces some risks of de-anonymization to just send and receive via Tor Browser, than to use a less reviewed, more complicated software like Bisq. (And it might be cheaper as well)