Are the rumors true that one of the developers of Augur is having a mental breakdown? It was said that he was tweeting weird stuff saying that Ethereum is a Russian honey pot or something, and also that Vitalik controls Ethereum totally making the platform not ideal for dapps. Maybe that is what's making the price fall, that developer could be dumping right now.
You really know very little about Ethereum and Augur.
Ethereum was founded by a bunch of guys from Toronto that met at the Toronto Bitcoin Meetup circa 2013...
I was there at the Meetups... and anyone could have invested in the ETH launch at $0.30
And the Sztorc dude now associated with Hivemind...
Is an unhinged Bitcoin Maximalist who hasn't been able to get anywhere with his baby, Truthcoin.
At least Augur has a working beta, though I am unimpressed that this is the result of 18 months work...
And I see nothing that improves on Intrade circa 2004 + there will be LOTS of competition in this sector (Gnosis, etc)...
Lots of competition in a sector that has failed to gain traction with traders and gamblers in 15 years.
The jury is out until we see user numbers and betting volume...
Though the ace in the hole is novel applications like the ones floated by Robin Hanson.
http://www.overcomingbias.com/