Yes the Steem price is down from yesterday and it is over $2 but its the "SBD" that is at 2.19 not the Steem price, also if you want to increase the price of Steem one easy way is dont power down, instead keep them in your account, and if you have any spare SBD that you dont want to use on any other cryptos or not turning it into real money you could always buy more Steem which also makes the price go upwards.