I've never really thought of it like this before, but it makes total sense. Recently at least, I've only been buying STEEM on the internal market and selling into fiat on an exchange. That means that all outside money sees is the selling figures. Interesting.
Also...
Every time you buy STEEM on the internal market, a whale eats a minnow, a dolphin crys and a muppet comes to their senses and realises they shouldn't pay $13 USD worth of Bitcoin for a SBD.
lolz.
Yeah you got to switch it up - Sell STEEM internal and buy it external!