Coinbase is now the biggest western exchange after asia...

[uvt9]

I have never heard about #3, #4, #5 and #8, #9. How the hell these chinese exchanges got so much volume ? I know they have no fee but ridiculously high volume cannot be justified by this reason.

[D05GTO]

Sure you can. Just swap 10 btc back and forth a million times.  Boom.. giant volume for doing nothing but passing the same few btc to themselves.

[PolarPoint]

All those chinese exchanges are faking their volume ... aka buy and sell to themselves....

Agree. They have 5 exchanges with volumes at multiples of coinbase, it is ridiculous. I like to see their real volume if they increase fees to 0.1%.

[MilesJohan]

maybe coinbase will change their plan and charge no fees in 2015? maybe 

I doubt that will happen. Even they need money to run their business.

[1Referee]

Chinese exchanges are on steroids. Man, what is up with their volume?

I know they don't charge anything for trading but it looks quite surreal.

[bitgeek]

Chinese exchanges are on steroids. Man, what is up with their volume?

I know they don't charge anything for trading but it looks quite surreal.

They were already accused of faking it. http://www.coindesk.com/reality-chinese-trading-volumes/
Even if some of the exchanges are doing it China has a significant lead and most of the volume is real. A lot of trades in there.

[tss]

robots, price manipulation, selling to the people coins that dont exist and buying them back for lower prices.  all these things will be cleared up with time. 

[justmyname]

Coinbase charges me about $10 extra every time I buy Bitcoins. The Banks get something also. So no, I don't think they are doing me any favors and should raise fees.

[girb16]

Perhaps that is why Coinbase is doing so well these days. They are charging an arm and a leg.

[LiteCoinGuy]

maybe coinbase will change their plan and charge no fees in 2015? maybe  

I doubt that will happen. Even they need money to run their business.

you can make money with extra / premium services or advertising as well.