I agree on the fact that the stability we had during the last days is very bullish. After a parabolic growth period that looked and felt like a huge bubble exposed to the eyes of the whole world, BTC is trading at almost x10 the price we had in January ($14). I still can't help thinking that what we had prior April 10th looked indeed like a bubble, but the truth is the price is not reflecting that, the price says we just had a correction during a very significant growth trend.
Bubble followed by slow bear market decline is still a possibility, but every day trading on this range is one point more for the "correction" case, and a point less for the "bubble burst" case.
This time, the train will live the station (again) rather sooner than later.
As I've been repeating since the week after the crash, this is no 2011.
What is stopping us right now? I think it is clear, the one thing people are worried about is the government stepping in and stopping us. The regulatory thing can be dealt with, in many ways.
IF we weren't worried about the government, where would we be right now price wise? Bitcoin is probably already seen as potentially an incredible store of wealth but the uncertainty with the government
is just a big risk for people. On so many levels (payment system, currency, store of worth, etc.)
BTC can justify a much much higher price. If we weren't worried about the government this train would have left the station. We'd be over $1000 right now and worth it. Look at currencies around the world and their
problem. Really, this is an exciting place to be. Taking part in the largest social experiment the world has ever known is huge. Maybe that makes
BTC sound cheap as it will live on in many forms regardless
of what the government does, so the experimental part is the immediate part.