Bitcoin is up 123% from its January lows and over 50% higher than its early-September (post-Bitcoin XT anxiety) lows when we first warned about the virtual currency’s relationship with possible China outflows. Despite promises of easing capital controls (and the chaos in the Yuan market over the last few days), it appears the Chinese are not waiting for the other shoe to drop and as offshore Yuan tumbled, so Bitcoin surged above $340 this morning (rallying all the way back to unchanged YoY).

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easing capital controls (and the chaos in the Yuan market over the last few days) – Bitcoin (and Yuan) are now ignoring official statements are back to rotating away from the Chinese currency. And as we recently concluded, the last week or two suggests, perhaps more importantly, that China easing (and outflows implict from further devaluation) now appears to go straight to Bitcoin.

As Overstock’s Chairman noted previously: gold is great, but tough to transport; thus, forcing Chinese into Bitcoin as we previously explained: