Quote from: bpbamberger on July 01, 2014, 03:03:16 PM

http://www.france24.com/en/20140627-us-begins-unprecedented-auction-silk-road-bitcoins/

Mark Williams, a Boston University finance lecturer and critic of virtual currencies, said the US is simply trying to unload its holdings.

"This auction doesn't validate bitcoin but simply demonstrated that the US government is anxious to get out before prices drop again," he said.

"The US Marshals Service (USMS) has over 29,000 reasons to sell by private auction and sell now."

What an idiot

"Before prices drop again"

What the hell? He clearly hasn't seen a bitcoin graph in the last months.
Well, the mere fact that everyone wants to say something about bitcoin proves how huge it is becoming