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> And we know what happened with gold prices.

Still 3 times what they were 10 years ago. It seems unlikely at this point Bitcoin will collapse back to the $10 it was a year ago, even if there's a massive crash. For whatever reason, this year was a turning point.



>For whatever reason, this year was a turning point.

There's a few reasons for that.

    The banking crisis in Cypress 

    The opening of BTCChina

    The US Senate hearing on Bitcoin
The explosion of price caused by the above caused it to be in the press, which acted as a positive feedback loop and caused further explosion of the price.




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