I know at least 2 CFD brokers that let you trade bitcoin, but you don't have to own it... Google the important words....
I got the increase readership part, that doesn't mean ET has to become Trade2Win. Do we need porn to increase readership ?
There is already a pictorum in Chitchat. Look, Bitcoin is trading so stop crying, it isn't offtopic. Even if it wasn't tradable it is so similar to the late 90s stock boom that for those (like me) who missed those years it is an equivalent experience. Even BMT started a bitcoin forum, so it isn't just ET. Edit: This just in: "The Bitcoin Fund which is traded exclusively on the EXANTE fund platform and was launched in late 2012 is the best performing hedge fund year to date (2013) with a return of 4847%" There you have it...