I think:
1. dev is pumping VIA
2. mintpal will aadd it very soon i heard = end of pump for a while or dev will pump this a mp
No one cares about mintpal anymore, bittrex has passed it in volume ever since mintpal got hacked people have lost confidence. Might take time to restore it but at cryptsy when mintpal went big. History repeats itself, people are cautious ever since mt.gox.
I think the big buyer in the ICO was pumping buying acquiring more via. Doubt the dev was doing it, the question we should ask is why would the dev pump?
Why would he buy into the ICO? Profits? He is in control of 600 fucken btc.
@GiftEncounter you mean Blackcoin

I am a little worried that the "big buyers" are not real buyers. But who knows.
The big buyers are real buyers. I know because I contributed to it. Even though I was significantly involved in the ICO, when the coin came out and was dipping below 10,000 satoshi, I just felt there was way too much value and decided to more than double my position.
The dev has had flawless execution, strong idea/concept, strong reputation, solid branding, and well thought out mining rewards. It just seemed tee'd up from the beginning to really take off, and it's been incredibly fun to see this thing do exactly what he was hoping.
No offense, you may have contributed to the ICO and being a big buyer. So why would the DEV not to put real buyers on the list? And what is stopping them to just fake other ones, i.e their own BTC?
We are in a world and time that scams are everywhere.
As for the mining rewards, I don't know. The ICO will be about 93.82% of total VIA in circulation even after 1 months of launch, and 27.31% after 4 years, which are good because it pushes up the potential bottoms, but this is only true if all the ICO buyers are all legit, especially the large ones. Even 1 of them is fake, the coin won't last.
I really hope those ICOs are all legit as I am 2 BTC in it @ 20K.