This is The Great Crash!
I WAS RIGHT!!!
Yep, crashed right back up to 1230+ LOL
Someone (or a few people) dumped over 1000 coins and we are almost back to where we started on GOX. That seems impressive to me. I don't know. I think in the past a dump like that would have caused more panic.
Absolutely. I think the market is starting to grow up.
I think it has serious implications for Bitcoin as a currency. The size of the market seems to be reducing volatility.
If it's large enough to demonstrate a resistance to manipulation and crashes, that makes big holders less likely to dump. That further stabilizes the currency.
At some point that positive feedback makes things stable enough that the general public feels good about sticking a couple toes in the water to try this thing out as a medium of exchange... and from there who knows where we go.
Ummm, I'm not sure but it seems like 100s if not 1000s of businesses are signing up daily to accept bitcoin. I think more than a few are braving more than a few toes.