It is clear from the trading that there are very few people...

It is clear from the trading that there are very few people actually selling. Up on large volume, down on small volume. Someone is trying to accumulate as much as they can. If the market finds out that one of the larger miners is taking a stake then the price will soar on that news. Presently, the trend is up but just very volatile. The problem for a anyone to take a large stake is that without many sellers they will have to move the price around or start paying a much larger price as no real large blocks of sell trades till at least 45c. This I believe is why whoever is buying will move the price up then down and the fact the price is overall rising should give us all confidence that this is what is going on.