I'm further confused, because I went to their website, and the main devs say they're moving on to another coin called Komodo.
http://bitcoindark.com/
>>2498861
BTCD on Poloniex the last 2 days.
>>2498861
>http://bitcoindark.com/
WARNING!
* Over 80 % of the BTCD supply has been swapped for KMD
* Developers moved to Komodo coin (KMD)
* Swap Continues Until Jan 2018 with rate 1 * BTCD = ~50 KMD
* Komodo is the future!
>>2498861
It's going up because BITCOIN DARK sounds like the antithesis of BITCOIN and people are worried about BTC's future so they are looking for alternatives; Kommodo price rise is also pushing the price up.