http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2013/05/07/coinbase-nabs-5m-in-biggest-funding-for-bitcoin-startup/?KEYWORDS=bitcoins

This is an interesting article talking about a new bitcoin startup company. They claim to have a surprisingly high amount of members who have converted $15 million of real money into bitcoins.

Do you think that these people are smart to join this company? Does this startup, involved with actual  merchants, make bitcoins seem more official? Would you be willing to trade your actual money to become a member of this group?

At the end of the article Warren Buffett says he knows nothing about bitcoin...If he were to support them would that result in a mad rush to invest in this volatile currency?