Hello steemians!
It looks like with the end of the Chinese New Year the volume on the DEX is starting to pick up. Bitshares Assets exchange is the number one by volume on Coinmarketcap:
The total volume is back to pre-holiday levels at around $22 million:
And the total number of transactions on the network is back to normal - just barely below Ethereum:
It seems that the Chinese traders are back strong and the sideways price movement is about to end. The breakout might be imminent.
There still is a possibility that this is just another funky business on the DEX and this behavior won't last long - as always you'll just have to wait and see.
Great day and safe trading!