Whether it's this or something else, eventually a turn down is coming of magnitude. During the Great Recession, there was no bitcoin option. The question is, how much, if any, (given the relatively small trade volume and market cap) does bitcoin absorb capital as it takes flight from legacy financial markets? Certainly, China's capital flight has had a positive impact on bitcoin, and is a cause of the recent run up, but has it had the kind of Trillion $+ run up that everyone was talking about? I think not, or at least not yet. Also, nice to see another ZHer on here!