the price has gone up as a lot of other coins went up. favorable, but nothing surprising there.
i think there must have been a trigger for some investors to realize the $1 floor of SBD which made their trades very attractive - especially given that it was just a tad above $1. virtually unlimited upside with protected downside. then more awareness comes and keeps the price where it is for different reasons. Such reasons include the superiority of the tech with no transaction fees, no bandwidth issues, 3 seconds confirms, etc. Lots of use cases for the 2 steem tokens people dont even talk about. You want to do peer to peer payments, you can use sbd... The steem guys are focused on the tech, building tools for others and they have a long term plan and vision. it will pay in the long term. certainly the wallet they are working on cannot come quick enough, same for HF20, SMTs, etc.
in the meantime all of us should keep spreading the word cause better content is needed to retain users who sign up. i am working on an app that will be focused on art for example.
let s go steem