Forbes article... just out today (4/2/13).

Are Bitcoins Safer Than Cyprus?

"Bitcoins — the stateless currency maintained by a network of
math-problem-solving PCs — has spiked in value since financial
crisis struck Cyprus. But are Bitcoins really worth all that?
Or do they just provide an object lesson in how quickly trust
in a country’s economic system can ebb and flow?"


Read more here....
http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/04/02/are-bitcoins-safer-than-cyprus/