http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/11/us-fraud-bitcoin-hongkong-idUSKBN0LF0WS20150211

The government should clamp down on bitcoin, said lawmakers Leung Yiu-chung and James To

Investors said they had been lured to the scheme by real estate brokers, insurance agents, and legal clerks.

Let put aside all that numbers of stolen HKD (that nobody investigated and confirmed yet, so far there are 26 reported victims, lost on average 1 million HKD, that's nowhere near 3 billion HKD) - instead to clamp down on 'real estate brokers, insurance agents, and legal clerks', this 'lawmakers' blame bitcoin for this scam?

http://www.equities.com/editors-desk/currencies-forex/bitcoin-is-not-dead-its-just-getting-started

Fair overview of Bitcoin, and how it differs from the Banking Model. Pointed out are some benefits, and also risks and dangers.

But we do believe that cryptocurrencies will become a major, disruptive presence in global finance -- and we are watching carefully. Over the next several years, as global central banks continue their all-out war on deflation, cryptocurrencies may gradually rise in prominence as an alternative form of money that, like gold, is insulated from the macro policy goals of governments.

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/bitcoins-bubble-means-that-current-levels-shouldnt-be-a-concern-cm432278

Those who stand in implacable opposition to Bitcoin seem to want it both ways. “Look,” they say,” Bitcoin has dropped from over $1100 to under $250; it is obviously worthless!” Then, at the same time, they maintain that the jump up to nearly $1200 was evidence of a massive speculative bubble and had no real bearing on the actual value of the virtual currency.

IP 162.243.2.142 first came in yesterday, and as of now has 26 blocks ??
Every block reward goes to different address ??
A secret mining farm?

http://www.bitell.com/t/2094

Latest news from BFA(Boao Forum for Asia 2014) which is being held right now in Hainan, China, President of PBOC(central bank of China) Zhou Xiaochuan pointed out that Bitcoin is more like tradable assets or collection( like stamps) rather than payment currency, Bitcoin is not generated or started by PBOC, the issue of PBOC banning it or not doesn't ever exist.

Right after the news, Bitcoin price soared up 20%.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/22ravk/president_of_pboccentral_bank_of_china_zhou/

https://www.bitstamp.net/article/Bitcoin-withdrawals-are-once-again-fully-automated/

BITCOIN WITHDRAWALS ARE ONCE AGAIN FULLY AUTOMATED
Dear Bitstamp clients,

After rigorous testing, we have restored fully automated processing for Bitcoin withdrawals.

Unforeseen incidents like this DoS attack against an edge case in the Bitcoin protocol are to be expected with such a young technology. The core protocol remains sound and the world has seen how these incidents are addressed by the Bitcoin community. Every challenge that is successfully overcome is a milestone that allows the world to grow their confidence in Bitcoin.

We recognize that for many of clients the inability to make withdrawals may have been stressful and we are thankful for your patience and understanding.

Best regards,

The Bitstamp team

Same kind of attack (Addressing Transaction Malleability) now on Bitstamp?
http://www.coinspectator.com/bitstamp-freeze-withdrawals/

http://bitcoin.sipa.be/ charts are showing hashrate increase of over 20TH in last week.
That jump certainly can't be contributed by individual miners, so, just interested who is installing that new farm?

How to contact the author/maintainer of that website, since values on some charts are now exceeding y axis?