Why btce has always the lowest price

[errornone]

Why btce has always lower bitcoin price than every other exchange?

example:

Btce 280usd
Bitstamp 284usd
Coinbase 285usd


This happens everytime. Maybe it has higher fees than others? (I dont think this is the cause)

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[Quickseller]

They are generally more discrete then the other major exchanges in terms of verification requirements in order to withdraw funds. As a result, people who have privacy in mind are going to sell on btc-e although people will less frequently be concerned about privacy when buying Bitcoin so there are less people buying on btc-e

[errornone]

But usually the market fix this situations, this lower price attract more buyers and the price rise to the market average... But this is not happening.

[Quickseller]

The difference in price is small, only around 1.5% and money cannot be moved from exchange to exchange efficiently (or cheaply) so arbitrage is not heavily used.

[errornone]

Ok thank you

[CoinBateman]

Getting fiat in and out of btc-e is rather difficult.

[BTCjust]

fiat deposits' and withdrawsls' fees on btc-e is high, so people usually entry and exit btc-e via bitcoin, no one would to withdraw fiat on btc-e, so.

[randy8777]

btc-e orderbook is very thin. a few wealthy traders can manipulate the price the way they want. but i find btc-e price often more realistic than other exchanges.