You forgot:
- Cypress
- NZ
- Italy
All three countries are planning or attempting to plan to confiscate a percentage of their citizens' savings accounts. People in those countries are going to be fleeing the national currencies like a bat out of Hades, you just watch.
You're out of your fucking mind if you think people who would be effected by that have any idea Bitcoin exists. This is a self fulfilling price, people have an idea of what Bitcoin is worth therefore they won't let it reach below a certain point. Bitcoin has little to no practical and no tangible value. There is no reason it should be at this price.
easy.. more people want to buy it then sell it.
Gold alone is pretty damned useless as well. Can't eat it, it wont cook your food.. it has very little literal value (outside of electrical conduction)... yet its $1600 AN OUNCE.
...Because more people want it than there is of the material.