> BitPay alone recorded a merchant transaction volume increasing by 7.6x between February ($687k) and March ($5.2M): ... so total transactions increased by a lo

> BitPay alone recorded a merchant transaction volume increasing by 7.6x between February ($687k) and March ($5.2M): ... so total transactions increased by a lot more than 7.6x, maybe 10x, 20x, who knows) your math is not good. one provider having a large percent increase does not imply that the total market had a larger percentage increase. its entirely possible that BitPay gained a larger share of bitcoin transactions to achieve these numbers. your argument is like saying: people using Google Chrome have increased by 1.2x over the past year, therefore, people using the internet must have increased by a lot more, maybe 5x or 10x, who knows.