To me this is classic head and shoulders pattern - we should prepare for further losses in the next few days.

A lot of the 'non-traders' are going to lose interest and cash out if they have made a profit, or cut their losses if they bought at the top. Things will become more stable after Xmas IMO and we'll be back to business as normal, most of us will be happy when we buy in at low, low rates.

As for the tax issue, this has always been the biggest threat IMO - they will introduce it quickly and I wouldn't be surprised if it's given it's own special status with rates somewhere above the normal capital gains / commodity tax rates.

I still love the concept of bitcoin and even though I see big challenges ahead I'll be investing again when it reaches a reasonable rate.

My funds arrived in my account today. btc-e haven't given an explanation but it turns out my bank had delayed the payment due to extra charges from Mayzus, so I don't think the delay was btc-e's fault.

I've checked with my bank and the reference was filled in correctly. (ticket UIB-381-70292)

But, for other people maybe you could consider returning those funds immediately when they come in without a reference, that's surely got to be cheaper than all the bad publicity it is generating. I like btc-e and want it to succeed but you need to employ more staff, and quickly.

Meelos - think I may be in a very similar situation as you. Where did you read that on the website about not accepting wire transfers in USD? I can see they are now saying


but nowhere I can find that it says any wire in USD, just wires originating from a US citizen or bank account. (I sent a wire in USD from Mayzus in the UK too, which I thought was ok).

Ty Marcovaldo, they weren't in my spambox, but it triggered an idea.

I went into browser webmail (haven't seen that for many years) and there the confirmation emails were - a lot of them

For anyone else this happens to - I was using Thunderbird with Avast Mailshield, and I now know that Avast will block the confirmation emails from BTC-E. You could turn down your security settings but better to check your email account at source.

hi there,

I wonder if somebody with a bit more experience with BTC-E could help me?

I tried to withdraw a small amount of bitcoins from BTC-E today, but I am not receiving the withdrawal confirmation email to be able to confirm the withdrawal. I have received other emails from BTC-E with no problem.

I've cancelled and re-issued the withdrawal order, plus 'resent' the email from the transactions history tab many times, but still no email and it's 4 hours now.

How long would I normally have to wait, I assumed it would be pretty much instant?

TIA