Here are some numbers I find far more interesting than the price.

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Coinbase has 16,000 merchants signed up as of December 12^th. Source

BitPay has 15,000 merchants signed up as of December 11^th, up from 10,000 since September 16^th . Source 1, Source 2

Coinmap currently lists 1,963 locations, up from under 500 at the beginning of November. Source

Adoption received a huge boost these past few months. That, for me, is a far more interesting metric than the price.

Edit: On top of that, Gyft added a number of big names to their giftcard lineup, like Target and Wholefoods, and I'm sure I'm forgetting a whole bunch.

Submitted December 18, 2013 at 10:20PM by riplin