My theory is that the Koreans know something that we don't.
The Ripple tweet which was "3...2...1... the count down begins" I think they do have big announcements to make, David Shwartz even said that we should see Ripple being used by Financial Institutions by the end of the year. If Ripple hit 2.25 billion dollars in volume that means that something is going on that we are not aware of In America. Ripple has not been used by banks yet and I can feel that the day will be coming in the near future.