What gives Bitcoin its value?
Supply and demand?
Surely, as more merchants accept Bitcoin, more bitcoin gets sold for $$ driving the price down. The lower the price, the more people will panic and sell their BTC or trade it for goods, thus reinforcing the cycle.
I am getting to the point now where I am so tempted to sell my own BTC. I don't normally waver on things like this, I believed Bitcoin had a bright future, but my belief is shaken now.
I can't see anything in the near future that will increase the demand side of the equation....
You may hear a lot that the value is in the blockchain. It is a new technology where there is information kept in a public blockchain. The reality of it is it forms a decentralized network forming a currency that can transfer value for goods and services and that one single Bitcoin alone can run an entire economy. There is a lot of value in that.