This Company is 3D printing Bitcoin POS Terminals.  Should have over 100 terminals in merchants hands within the next several months.  Seems like Bitcoin could be about to take off even more:

http://3dprint.com/36781/bitcoin-3d-prints-pos-terminal/

Idea.me, a major South American Crowdfunding platform which is growing quite fast has announced this week that they now will accept Bitcoin as a method of funding.  Hopefully this trend catches on.  Kickstarter next??

http://crowdfundingforum.com/showthread.php/9473-First-Major-CrowdFunding-Platform-to-Accept-Bitcoin-Idea-me

Guys, I am new here, and considering investing a nice chunk of my portfolio (10-20%) in bitcoin. I have several questions:

#1 How does the government treat BTC gains tax wise?  Are there rules in effect?  Are capital gains the same as a stock sale?
#2 Whats the best method to go about buying bitcoin in the US?  Coinbase, or is there a cheaper marketmaker?
#3 Has anyone tried doing technical analysis on BTC prices, and if so has it worked?