http://www.coinspeaker.com/2017/05/18/force-behind-nems-rise-ecobit-green-project-announces-ico/
Not sure if Ecobit is behind the rise in price though.
They "only" raised 2.6 million NEM so that is not the reason for the price rise.
I didn't hear of ecobit before though, sounds like it's been running for a while now. Anyone know something about this project?
They might be one small reason of many other reason. But not THE reason like the article suggests. By the way ... "Disclosure: EcoBit is the source of this content."
So EcoBit is pushing this nonesense in news outlets now. Pretty presumptuous if you ask me.