Well, all the info you need, could be found on the last 10-20 pages of this thread. Thats probably the reason you got not much replies. In short, the status is - "updating to new PIVX codebase, work in progress". Unfortunately, no ETA is available, I would also like one...
As for the price... Just a side note, probably irrelevant - it always amuses me when people are talking about price in USD.... To me it shows you are not belonging to crypto world, but just came here to speculate and make some $$. Crypto guys are talking BTC, not USD.