The other problem is we are still at the front-end of BTC. There is a very small concentration of people who were mining in the old days who have huge loads of BTC and are trying to move them off to USD's or EUR. That's why there has been a decent cap on price jumps and once the price dives start they seems to roll pretty hard. If you check the market depth there are some very huge orders (multiple x 10k USD) waiting out there.Once more of these coins are sold out to smaller buyers, I think the major price jumps will drop. More media attention, though, will swing the price up. I'm not sure about BTC long-term as one or two of the glaring requirements for true market money can only be met by making a huge leap. But I'm holding a portion of mine in case there is some serious appreciation and cashing out the rest and washing it as it comes in. We will see how it all plays out.