The July portion was in part caused by a pump and dump I helped start. However I will say this, most good will coins have excellent philanthropic capacities, but is rarely backed by traders who in some ways create the price of the coin. There is a few coins that are rarer than this one though -- check out UNO and btcd.

Also poloniex does not offer fiat, they offer USDT (Tether) which is a USD equivalent, it also requires additional verification portions which most people find frustrating - myself included.