[throwaway2048]

not many currency pairs swing in value by 50% any given week

[nikcub]

yet I can buy a hedge today with a consumer market account in two clicks for a dozen currencies

There are plenty of countries with volatile or straight out hyperflating currencies that still manage to trade with the world

Wall St and finance market is 8% of GDP - this is what they do

[tpallarino]

sounds like a problem with the Bitcoin markets and not a problem with Bitcoin.