What denominations? Cant really see the point other than gifts but I'd always fancied getting some, bit late for Christmas though. I'd agree they're going to skyrocket someday too.

double? is that it, feck me! i may aswell just pack me bags now and go home   no way double, double is nothing

Always thought these were kind of silly. http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/12/casascius/

What is MSM going to use for header images on articles now! The travesty.

We've just gone slightly beyond the point of a triangle as the shock waves get damped out and that triangle has an upward trend, it would take something fairly significant to change its direction (not that I go in for TA but harmonics and damping are relevant in all kinds of stuff).

Not that I disagree over much because everything so far suggests this should be the start of a fairly long downward trend but I also think the dumps may have been premature and there's upward pressure despite the caution.

Gather round everyone. I'll tell you how this will play out.  The exchange rate will languish for a while.  New money will flow to the exchanges as interest is increasing, but new buyers will be hesitant to buy, as they may suspect the price is in a downtrend, and so will hold of buying in the hope that they can get the most bitcoins for their money.  This will go on for a while, maybe many months.  The total amount of money waiting to buy will build over this period, and this won't be obvious by merely looking at bids on the order books.

Eventually, the distance of time will minimize the fear of this most recent run-up.  A few people will buy largish amounts, then a few more, and so on.  The bids will begin to pile up on the order books, and a new phase buying like we've just seen (and like we've seen many times before) will begin, which will quickly accelerate after old highs are broken.

Then repeat.

BTC stubborn today, looked it's ready for dump at one point but still not laying down.

Did someboday sell themselves (a lot of) their own coins for $1500??

Looks like a bug. Huge spike on low volume.

Feels pretty bearish. Lower low incoming, it seems:

My question:
Aaaaaaaaaaaanyway, I had a simple question for the experts here, and I apologise in advance if this is already covered in another thread... When you all mention 'whales dumping', is this essentially the scenario you are talking about?
-- Say a whale has 20,000 BTC and decides to sell at a high of $1000 (in a few smaller dumps, but still within a concentrated period of time)... Since that would account for approximately 0.2% of the total coins currently in circulation, I would imagine that his dump could make a big enough dent in the current price. This dent can then be misconstrued as a crash and a bunch of 'noobs' panic sell, causing the price to plummet further (to say $880 like last night). Then the big whale comes along and buys back his 20,000 BTC for a now discounted price, pocketing $2.4 mil in fiat in the process. --

Is this what is happening? How long can this cycle continue?

(Note: I know that this is essentially what many of you are doing with regards to day trading bitcoin (i.e. buy low, sell high, rinse, repeat), but the key difference here is that these whales seem to be able to manipulate the price to their will (i.e. essentially have a crystal ball), in comparison to the 'average' day-trader who has to make strategic guesses as to what are highs and lows.)

Looks like an API problem. Site is up for me.