There has been a lot of news and developments.
Anonymous web wallet coming soon, Poker site launched, I'll have the official Whitepaper finished soon, source plugins coming for game server admins to integrate HYPER easily, twitter marketing and promotions (http://twitter.com/hypercrypto), ads I run on Bitcoin networks, ongoing banner ads I have secured on gaming and bitcoin websites paid in HYPER with webmasters over the last week, over 10 game servers we already run, HYPER to be included in the http://casheer.net iPhone and Android App that was officially announced at Bitcoin Miami the other day. Probably all of that combined. I think some people have decided to accumulate a lot of HYPER over the last few days.
HYPER was on Yahoo Finance today too but the article was published after the price increase: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-alternative-hyper-announces-anonymous-032000769.html
Markets will be markets I am more focused on the development and marketing.
Thanks for your interest in HYPER and welcome!
I've dipped my toes in the water..... hoping to completely dive in, if the price is right...
In addition to everything you stated above, the long term chart on HYPER looks super nice! Steady growth since launch pretty much . Not to mention, a strong community and active development. You definitely have my attention now!
Wish I'd taken a closer look sooner, but happy to be hodling a few.... and soon to be staking a few.... hopefully soon to be buying a few more