Yeah, the price has been quite stable lately. It's kinda boring that it hasn't fluctuated more than a dollar or two when I check it multiple times each day, haha!
It was china's purchasing that drove it up pretty high last year, and Gox's fake inflation that did the rest of the trick. With both of them off the play field, I think we're back to the natural steady increase in value.
Yes, this is good for BTC developing. we need btc for use not for speculated.