just sent the last bitcoin i'm willing to part with to mintpal.
imo this is a result of the 2 million coin linux instamine.
The whole market is going down... -7% btc, -20% LTC, -20% Peercoin, -60% cloak etc. Is this a result of the instamine which is DRK-specific? Of course not.
IMO, what is happening is this: A large number of hacked BTCs had found their way in alt-land (including the DRK pump and other pumps with the same buyer)... These were invested in a large number of coins, irrationally (meaning that the buys were very aggressive / pump-like)... as are the dumps, which are losing the owners money but still they don't care because these BTCs aren't really bought or worked for. They were stolen. Only one who has no concern of buying or exit price can behave like that pumping and crashing coins for the lulz.
For some reason, a lot of this money is going out. All the coins which have been influenced by this pumping & dumping will gain because the market behavior of the buyer (now seller) is irrational. He bought high / sold low as he pressured the price to new depths. This money from his losses ended up in ordinary investors pockets but he doesn't care because they are probably stolen money to begin with.
That's my theory at least.
I didn't think of hacked coins, good one...