"If you own bitcoin or are just beginning to learn about it, these are interesting times indeed. You might have heard detractors of the digital currency proclaim that it has no intrinsic value, but as Mark Rees points out bitcoin “transcends nations, politics, religions, cultures and regulations”. This quality, in of itself, affords bitcoin tremendous value and we are beginning to see why".

http://bitcointechie.com/3-reasons-to-buy-bitcoin/