This is a serious question, and honestly I need a serious logical answer to this.
The run up in price was attributed to the Euro Disaster.
However, is it possible... that SOME of the increase in price is due to Sanctions on Iran or North Korea or Both? In other words is it possible that some politician is going to stand up demand super regulation because he or she believes (or pretends to believe) that this is due to bypassing of sanctions, next thing you know we as the bitcoin community are being blamed for nuclear weapons?
It's an honest question. I am just looking forward into potential threats, and this one sits high on my list.
The think in Cyprus didn't really kick in until the price had already started rising, so there must have been something before that.
I highly doubt there are many people in either Iran or North Korea using bitcoins to circumvent sanctions. However, politicians never let facts get in the way of their agendas, so I would give it above 99% chance that at some point within the next couple years some politician in the US is going to mention bitcoins and sanctions in the same sentence, just like some US senator already conflated bitcoins and Silk Road.