Clouder ;I understand it may be a short covering but I've also been reading that their having another problem with the Bitcoin phenomenon. I've read that another bitcoin exchange is not allowing any more withdrawals from their accounts. It happened once in the summer on the last pullback. The way I'm looking at it is their A LOT OF PISSED OFF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN BITCOIN... If their rite about the exchange people have had enough . Between being down anywhere from 10% just today or 60 or 70% over the last year people are going to have the tendency to shoot first and ask questions later. Between all of the above and the fact that the Gold market is a VERY VERY small market I wouldn't be surprised to see gold run $200.00 in a day . One other thing is TUD is sitting on 40 million ounces. Even if gold doesn't move its a great takeover candidate. Anyways, I can always sell it rite !! Cheers