http://cointelegraph.com/news/111811/how_to_invest_in_bitcoin_without_losing_everything

Didn't know there is a Bitcoin Investment Trust 

New Businesses accepting BTC: Republican Liberty Caucus, easyHotel, Twitch...
http://cointelegraph.com/news/112206/new-businesses-accepting-btc-republican-liberty-caucus-easyhotel-twitch-and-more

"Twitch has been acquired by Google, leaving many forum users asking the obvious question: If Twitch.tv accepts Bitcoin and Google owns Twitch, doesn't Google accept Bitcoin?"

** the quote is from the article, but it's been pointed out that Twitch.tv chose Amazon over Google
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/why-twitch-chose-to-be-acquired-by-amazon-instead-of-google-Oej44dyeRMKZj7ewJuqnfQ.html

http://cointelegraph.com/news/112462/finance-professor-david-yermack-argues-that-bitcoin-should-not-be-considered-as-money

I think all three points can be solved in time.

Which aspect of this could cause damage to the market? Assuming there is no limit on their offer.

http://www.coindesk.com/huobis-fixed-return-financial-product-sells-one-hour/

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it's interesting how people seem to know something is going on before the news. The price starts to drop and goes volatile early December, then the news came out on the 18th of December: "BTC china banned deposits in yuan following new restriction imposed by the central bank" (the news event at the peak of google trend)

Just thought this was interesting when I was looking at google trends

http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=bitcoin


price chart from bitcoinwisdom