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I look at it and think its a con. Coincidentally after a several massive thefts, the price suddenly raises? sounds like deliberate manipulation to dump stolen coins to me.

Wouldn't mind betting some syndicate took a huge upfront loss to drive up price, and are now recapitalising that loss with said stolen coins.

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Can be explained as "no news is bad news", e.g. high profile thefts got BTC a spike in publicity.

Up until this month, nobody but geeks knew what BTC was. Now I'm hearing philosophy & art majors talking about it.

Not really. Bitcoin got its first mass mainstream exposure around February of this year when it broke its peak from mid-2011, IIRC. Definitely before this month, however.

That's true, but if memory serves that was a metaphorical 10th-page oped. The coverage we're seeing now, starting around the thefts, is 1st or 2nd page.

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