Title: How can it be? No one take this arbirtage? Post by: mostar on March 17, 2013, 03:59:11 PM Hello,
USD/RUR and BTC/RUR prices in btc-e.com are not reflect the real price for USD vs Rubel for example in: http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=USD&To=RUB 1 USD is 30.6 Rubel and USD/RUR trade for Ask 31.66 Bid 31.08 How can it be? No one take this arbirtage? Mostar Title: Re: How can it be? No one take this arbirtage? Post by: woogoose on March 17, 2013, 04:48:42 PM I believe this is because BTC-E is based in Russia, and getting USD into or out of an account there is expensive and/or difficult - hence why their USD exchange rates differ from other exchanges.
Title: Re: How can it be? No one take this arbirtage? Post by: Bitcoinm on March 17, 2013, 08:31:44 PM Some exchanges have a higher or lower price due to difficulty of getting your money in and out of the exchange.
Title: Re: How can it be? No one take this arbirtage? Post by: MeatPopsicle on March 17, 2013, 09:10:49 PM Which is generally reflected in their volume numbers.
Title: Re: How can it be? No one take this arbirtage? Post by: georgeu2000 on March 17, 2013, 10:32:58 PM Perhaps, there is also some risk that the site will close or all the coins will be stolen. Mt Gox is regarded as safe by many people...
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