Oooo yes that bar is not a good look.
The price is still hovering between $0.13 and $0.14 USD
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/steem
From our vantage point we do not have a clue if that is from a new investor or someone who decided to power up a portion of their liquid Steem. That would make perfect sense while the price low plus they would benefit from the inflation.