Lots of news recently (about XRP, LTC, NEO, etc... lightning network hype, and so on). The market is moving and showing interesting signs of life actually, far from being static as far as fundamentals are concerned. Whales just have to make the right move and boom, there you go.
Also, maybe overall sentiment has just gotten bored with this bearish looking trend and decided to buckle up and buy back in (which doesn't quite fit the ambient "fear" that usually comes with such sentiment, I'll give you that). Let's see, and wait for a decisive break above 10700 - 11700