Just a little speculation whilst we are waiting for some action in the markets. Not to be taken as fact.
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Well it's been almost 7 months since this tweet by 
Around that time, and during the peaks of the beginning of last year, related accounts were powering down and STEEM was being transferred out.
Also during the summer of last year, an alt linked to the Steemit inc CEO was creating 'gsr' accounts:
At the time I had a look around on the web for 'gsr', and found https://www.gsr.io/
Seems fair to link these together?
Well, 'freakyfractal' is back in action recently and doing a little testing:
More action here: https://steemd.com/@freakyfractal
And indeed here, where 
The account has been pretty active recently: https://steemit.com/@gsr-io/transfers
Not really much in the way of analysis to add, and the above could be old news to some, or totally off track with regards to https://www.gsr.io/
Seems legit though, and looks like STEEM could be playing a reasonable part in:
Thoughts?
Cheers
Asher