The ETFs could (will likely) lift the price to say $1000 - $3000 from 2015 to 2016
That seems very unrealistic to me. 50 kBtc would suffice to pass 1k. After that, there just aren't any left.
If that were true, doesn't it support my thesis even more the distribution is abnormally inequitable and thus the coin's market cap can't rise to lofty levels.
It is analogous to the microcosm of 5 guys all owning all goods and factories in a small town and no labor needed to produce those goods. Or 5 guys owning the entire market cap and no other buyers available. Thus no money circulates and those 5 guys are effectively bankrupt and impoverished.
No man is an island. No Money Exists Without The Majority[1].
The greater fool theory of investing is a zero sum game. The real way to create prosperity is to grow the production in the economy by circulating the money.
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http://www.gold-eagle.com/article/no-money-exists-without-majorityhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=226033.0;all