If they don´t matter than why do you need them to pump up the price for you?
We don't need them, just saying that there's no sense for them to crash the price two weeks before deadline.
When exactly do you expect them to crash the price? 23:59:59 @ April 14th.
Will the price go up until then?
They won't be able to as Bitcoin will have gained enough momentum in the meantime.
I find it very strange when people start saying that China does NOT matter and Mt. Gox does NOT matter and that we want to "decouple" from these. Surely, that is too black and white thinking, and all of these factors matter.
Some factors get more weight than other factors in the short-term or in the long term,and we cannot completely "decouple" from various realities. Surely, bitcoin will move forward and prosper, but also the movement forward will be delayed and hampered by various people or entities that attempt to manipulate it or profit from it or defraud people. The public impression is also affected by these negative aspects... which will delay us in getting to the train station that will take us to the rocket launch pad.. and in my thinking these many factors matter, and sometimes, these many factors need to be dealt with before we can move to the next level.