better telegraph article:
Don’t laugh - Bitcoin is making a serious point
Several events happened last week that made me suspect that Bitcoin – and the idea of “stateless” currencies more generally – will soon catch the zeitgeist.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/liamhalligan/10438565/Dont-laugh-Bitcoin-is-making-a-serious-point.html"The bulk of that gain has come since Thursday, when the ECB confirmed it would be cutting rates and opening the door to more eurozone QE – in all likelihood, provoking yet more money-printing in the US and UK too, as the “ugly contest” goes on."