Artificially kept high by Mtgox's insolvency.
It used to be artificially low because Pirateat40 was clowning about
Thats the turdbrain who got like 1/2 of the market price at that time, right? Man, If I had 40k bitcoin to play with.... I dream of the manipulative powers I'd have.
To start: Market sell to $135 backed by 10k wall xD