The person pushing the price up could also be placing all the ask walls of 100. Trying to get people to buy them. There are people that have admitted to buying their own massive walls in order to create a bull rush/rally. These people have so much money they don't care about the fees of buying their own walls as long as they make more profit in the end.
I don't know. Reddit looks quite bullish. 40k subscirbers was passed today and it is already 40,116.
Plus top headlines:
Ex-Facebook Exec says Facebook Should Bring Bitcoin into the Mainstream. Wow! (businessinsider.com)
Coinbase Nabs $5M in Biggest Funding for Bitcoin Startup - WSJ (blogs.wsj.com)
How 23-year-old Charlie Shrem became a millionaire through Bitcoin (londonlovesbusiness.com)