About the price:
It's because the POB so far is just that. A cool, open community with an interesting way of how the token is made.
But apart from that it's just that.
So, the more POB left on the market without using stakes or the like, the less pressure to buy. Since you have no use for it other than selling.
I'm not a programmer, or anything in this area, but I would like to be able to create something to use the POB, make the token be used in various things.
As for the problem on the front end, just use the hivesigner. I myself had no problem with that about what they were reporting around.