Isn't NXT a borderline pyramid scheme? "Buy in early folks and you'll be on top! You'll get the most coins and as you earn those coins you'll get bonus coins off those coins!"
I dunno, it seems to be added and removed from exchanges on a daily basis.
Well those of us who funded the project donated a total of 21BTC to get it started. It was totally open to anyone if you followed Bitcoin Talk forums. Individuals were limited to 1BTC each so as to not concentrate all the coins with a few people. Granted 70 something people isn't a whole lot, but Bitcoin, really all crypto currencies start with a few number of people to begin with.
We are now at 3300 accounts and climbing. Those of us who want it to succeed are doing our best to get NXT out to as many people as possible. Those of us who don't, well they aren't.
It is currently only traded on one exchange: dgex.com. There is already code being worked on to remove the need for exchanges altogether, the network will be the exchange.
It is being removed and re-added to coinmarketcap.com constantly due to the fact that it is only on one exchange and that makes it hard to get an accurate price representation since if one had enough BTC or NXT on there, they could easily manipulate the price.