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I understood the Gox problems and the resulting Gox coin premium, however, can someone please explain to me why Bitstamp is 8% higher than the competition??

Thanks

Bitstamp will be the next Gox that's why

Definitely not because of a pump and dump effort. Definitely not.

Its 100% true

Bitstamp is leader.

URGENTLY DISTURBING!! fuck off with your FUD.

This gay started the FUD topics: "URGENT NEWS - Warren Buffet declares Bitcoin as a BAD INVESTMENT"   too

it is time to put her on the ignore list

Bitsamp is really good exchange, i think better than other competitors.

Im Not gay I have a girlfriend and she's really hot.

Though if anyone is gay I'm pretty cool with that personal choice

I never start FUD topics all my topics and theories have basis and backed up with real news or analysis

Dont worry he is just masterbating to the thought of others losing money like he did.  :P

I never lost money, I still hold cheap bitcoins. I just don't think they will provide the returns everyone is hoping they will

Is there fiat withdrawal delays? Then the risk is probably priced on the StampUSD. If the delays get bad, the rats start leaving the ship through BTC while bidding its price up.

Yes , read the service section so many complaints piling up against stamp withdrawals

Weird thing about bitstamp is that it goes substantially lower than most exchanges on dump days, but is a bit higher in other periods.

Can someone confirm this???

Bitstamp is the new gox , watch out , dont hold coins and fiat in their exchange or you get stamped!

LOL, you guys are funny. I've been trading on Stamp for a year now and withdrawals are fine. Bitstamp is simply the most trustworthy exchange that has any significant amount of volume out there right now so most people will send their fiat there if they want to buy. So obviously it will have the highest buying pressure as well. That's not to say that I would recommend to hold all your money or coins on there, because in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king after all. I trade with around 10% of my coins on Stamp and I deposit a little fiat now and then and that's all the risk I can tolerate.

People want to buy bitcoins right now but are leery of the black-box that is btc-e, so they go to bitstamp.

I think btc-e is far more likely to be the next Gox.

Regardless, people should obviously never keep many coins on *any* exchange.

Keep sole control of your private keys, people!

I actually think BTC-e is safer than Bitstamp. BTC-e has been around for a long, long time and they were the only ones that were professional about the transaction malleability thing weeks back (withdrawals down for only 2 hours, whereas Bitstamp took days.) BTC-e is playing it smart though, I don't believe the owners of it want to be #1, being #1 comes with many risks... Anyway, their upcoming audit reports add legitimacy in my eyes.

The issue here is that Bitstamp can be co-opted/corrupted much more easily than BTC-e. Wall Street already manipulates the world stock markets, they can definitely coerce the publicly known, 14-man crew that runs Bitstamp to fake exchange data or what have you. I view BTC-e's anonymity as a good thing: so long as you can trust the owners, you can also trust that Wall Street will never pull any shenanigans on that exchange.

I agree with several posts here on the fact there is a "next Gox"

The value of Bitcoin creates pressures that turn every single employee into a potential thief, every CEO into a Ponzi Schemer.

With the few clicks of a mouse you and everyone you know will never have to work again..... its like Tokeins Ring constantly tugging at Karpeles' ear....

The only future is completely decentralized exchanges..... aren't there a few devs working on such a thing???

wow I've always wondered the same.  Why is it these exchanges have such inconsistent pricing of coins.  I'd suspect if just to get the attention of traders to their site but I don't see other saying that so now I wonder how much deeper the rabbit hole goes on this issue.

Bitcoin is super-efficient. It is fiat which is inefficient and makes the various exchanges different (leaving aside exchange fee structures).

The BTC/LTC variances are much smaller.

i have him on ignore already, but thanks to you guys quoting him i got to read it anyway. if you think someone wrote sheit, please do not quote the sheit and by doing this spread the sheit even further.  ;)