We have yet to hit $450 and this is very much looking like March/April. You can deny it all you want but with almost 12 million bitcoin in existence those are no longer in "steady" hands. They are however in the hands of fiat minded average investors, get rich hopefuls, day traders who see an opportunity to take quick profits, and I am not sold on the "China sees the future and value" message that is being touted. I think many people see an opportunity to make a lot of fiat. In order to make fiat one must sell bitcoin. The more bitcoin in existence the more that will need to be purchased by the "steady hands" to maintain a price. That takes a lot of fiat. Also my concern is US regulations around virtual currency come out on the 18th of this month. I feel like this is a penny or pharmaceutical stock right now. Huge media hype, All this talk about 400 billion market cap, we are going to the moon, US adopts bitcoin etc etc. drive the price up and then sell it off right before the real bad news hits the market. Just like a penny stock or a pharm stock that says they doin the cure for cancer and the FDA doesn't approve it.