2 articles from cointelegraph and the departure from PoW to PoS:
http://cointelegraph.com/news/113223/the-nxt-client-just-gave-me-a-braingasm
http://cointelegraph.com/news/113229/supernet-super-competition-for-fiat
Peercoin and NuShares are rising as well, not as much though (for lack of advertising I guess)
Their supernet is an interesting development which they worked on for a while. Especially the collaboration with other coins is an interesting development.
The market likes things like these when advertised.
BTW there is a Nubits marketing plan and there is enough to share so I’m not too worried about that.
Not too sure with Peercoin as that is always a lot slower with new developments, hope we can still catch the train when they come through.
2015 will be the year of shining widely or being directed to a small niche market. I would also advocate to work with other coins with similar principles to strengthen the community.