I still don't get how this thing works...

Also a noob here.
I'll go up. Mostly in the first few days due to speculation.

Then is  going to plumet until it finds a balance. Doubt very much it'll be $25 or 1/4 of btc

Another ex-lurker here!
From Argentina looking for a better store of value than our bad-politics-driven peso...
"Funny thing", Argentinian money has lost 13 zeroes since 1881...

I guess there is
At least in my country (Argentina)
Electricity is subsidized and buying dollars is restricted right now so BTC are bought/sold using dolar's black market price (more than 50% higher than the official rate)