Also mentioned was $400 in 12 months,

After the Ground Swell of investors and start ups these past months $400 to be a very conservative number


http://www.coindesk.com/wedbush-report-projects-400-bitcoin-price-by-2016/

here is the real meat...

The report notably foresees the percentage of bitcoins being held for speculation decline at a 2% rate annually over the next decade, falling from an estimated 24% today to 4% in 2025.

At that time, Wedbush expects bitcoin to account for 10% of the $5.9tn online payments market, 20% of the $744bn remittance market and 20% of the $924bn microtransactions market.

Reads as if they are wanting to develop there own

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/12/us-bitcoin-ibm-idUSKBN0M82KB20150312

I cannot link to  the article for some reason, but you can google and find it at the Wall Street Journal (Bitcoin's Favorite Journal)

BTC Gettin' some warm and fuzzy Wall Street Lovin'....

my favorite quote from the article...

If successful, she added, it could take the market for bitcoin, with its capitalization of around $5 billion, and extend the model to mainstream financial assets such as secondary corporate loans or private equities, where the size runs into the trillions of dollars.

Any further insight? what is mentioned below seems very positive for lots of Bitcoin usage in the future

According to the draft paper, blockchains deployed within the ADEPT system would serve as a ledger of existence for billions of devices that would autonomously broadcast transactions between peers in a three-tier system of peer devices and architecture. By using an implementation of the bitcoin protocol, ADEPT could serve as a bridge between many devices at low cost.

Keep the Positives going.

Reading a little about "ADEPT" anything linked will be able to automatically contact relevant parties and transact for servicing, upgrades, etc...with Blockchain Technology. There is a lot of groundswell about IoT and how quickly the technology will evolve and be a part of everyday life for many a business and household over the next decade. Seems like another positive piece of the puzzle for the evolution of BTC


http://www.coindesk.com/ibm-reveals-proof-concept-blockchain-powered-internet-things/


Any Further Information or Thoughts pertinent to the subject would be much appreciated

Bought 10 coins (2 right away, 8 four day wait period) from Coinbase over the last 7 days and have had no issues. and I don't think they have any merchant issues. So all should be good

just bought 10 from Coinbase, No issues