very dollar-centric theory. What about pounds, Euros, yen, etc.
When I woke up and saw the price I did not think "wow, over $54" I thought "wow, over £36". This is a global phenomena.
True but the previous psychological barrier was a USD figure not a GBP or EUR figure. News reports usually quote the price in USD.
common sense
you think the price will just shoot non stop to $100 without pausing??
Look at the title of the thread: $55 the next
psychological barrier.
You still live in mid 2012 where 5$ move was of significance. Now it is less than 10%. 60$ 70$ 80$ and 90$ are not going to be a
psychological barrier. 100$ will be.
Stop thinking in $ terms, start thinking in % terms. 100$ is only 81% above current price. This can be taken out in one week (yep it is a bit extreme, I admit).
From what i see of the bitcoin price, it seems to surge rapidly, then stagnate for a period, between a psychological upper and lower bound (last week has been between $45 and $50). In terms of percentages the $5 rise is still 10% of bitcoin's yesterday value (which makes for a nice psychological barrier) . It's a big growth but, despite bitcoin's past performance this year, people are still cautious in-case bitcoin drops back to the $40s