yes, long story short, mostly different things.

waves has the best development record of all the blockchains. the speed and smart contract language are better than eth. the economic engine has excellent momentum. waves is improving always, i have been here a long time.

That's what every fanboy says of whatever currency they're a fan of. I sold Siacoin, originally, then Stratis, then Waves, then Lisk, then Qtum. Are they ALL going to skyrocket in price in the future? I'm NOT rich enough to own multiple currencies. I have to choose as best I can. Had I held Siacoin, for example, I'd now have lost most of my money!

Stratis fans attacked me, too, before that currency crashed badly. I had numerous posts deleted! According to them, I was a complete idiot. Now Stratis ranks 110th+ on coinmarketcap - clear who the fools are now. Just deserts, as they say!

Sorry. It's nothing. The random placement doesn't mean anything. Look at the S&P Global 100 Index. Does that mean there are only 100 stocks to invest in? No, because even after that, there are companies worth investing in.

Fact: waves never go below rank ~70 on coinmarketcap and is able to pump into the top 20 within a few weeks. Waves is the most undervalued project since the early ETH enter the market. The waves team and whales pushed the price at a level which is unbelievable. In my opinion, now just 10k usd in waves could change every life in the future. I seriously think waves could reach ~100usd after breaking the old all time high in usd. Just look in this forum, nearly everybody here investing time to suppress the price with fake news and FUD. At some point everybody of them will change from bears to bulls if the accumulation is finished. This is a buy and hold for ~2years. If a project like waves is traded below the ICO price, it's clear the market it totally suppressed. Even the remaining btc of the ico are worth more than the current market cap. This thing will explode very soon in my opinion. Just invest you can afford to lose, but now in these dark days is the time where the next generation of crypto millionaires were born. A few %up in the last days, doesn't matter, I am here to get the financial freedom in the long run. I hope I could clearly reveal the secrets behind the scenes and my second btctalk account will not deleted like the first one for just telling the truth. It's no financial advise I just describe my opinion. Good luck to all of you. Best wishes 

no sources about that, only manipulations.

Are there any obvious reasons why the price of Waves has increased by 50% in the last two weeks? Is it only because of the announcement of a stragetic deal with Microsoft Azure five days ago or are there other reasons because the price had already surged before the announcement of the deal.

Happens every time I criticize Waves. Price is clearly manipulated by Sasha! 

  price is moving up because of your FUD and that's seriously the reason for you...You are not accountable... Never heard so much nonsense in one sentence...

That's a normal bounce and a short term uptrend supported with good news, waves could grow to 40ksat - 66ksat in the next few weeks if Waves can break the current resistance zone.