btc-e adds new trading pairs: eth and dash

[NorrisK]

Btc-e had added their first new trading pairs in years.

Today they announced adding eth and dash paired to btc.

Seems like they want to be in on the volume.

[traumschiff]

This will hurt the monero trolls, grabbing some popcorn.

[Quartx]

Btc-e had added their first new trading pairs in years.

Today they announced adding eth and dash paired to btc.

Seems like they want to be in on the volume.

I remember what happened to Ftc after they added it too xD

[r0ach]

Why would they add Darkcoin?  Didn't Finex de-list Darkcoin because nobody used it?  My theory is that the shady Russians wanted some type of mixer for their scandalous activities and aren't convinced a monero wallet will ever come out.

[BitcoinHodler]

why so late to the party

as much as i like btc-e it was always my question that why they haven't yet added ethereum to their exchanger. all the small time exchangers already have eth pair but they are too late after the pump !!

[rdnkjdi]

Why would they add Darkcoin?  Didn't Finex de-list Darkcoin because nobody used it?  My theory is that the shady Russians wanted some type of mixer for their scandalous activities and aren't convinced a monero wallet will ever come out.

Isn't the dash backend much more similar to bitcoin than Monero?  Ease of implementation of a clone might have had a lot to do with things.

[traumschiff]

Why would they add Darkcoin?  Didn't Finex de-list Darkcoin because nobody used it?  My theory is that the shady Russians wanted some type of mixer for their scandalous activities and aren't convinced a monero wallet will ever come out.

Exactly. Doesn't matter that monero offers total anonymity, it will never go anywhere as a currency or a store of value. They simply forked their tech and never progressed with anything except bugfixes, no marketing and also no features.

Atleast DASH can be used for fast transactions and a good enough level of privacy. I believe there are far better alternatives for this, but not with a huge enough marketcap/liquidity.

[qwizzie]

Why would they add Darkcoin?  Didn't Finex de-list Darkcoin because nobody used it?  My theory is that the shady Russians wanted some type of mixer for their scandalous activities and aren't convinced a monero wallet will ever come out.

Isn't the dash backend much more similar to bitcoin than Monero?  Ease of implementation of a clone might have had a lot to do with things.

Dash is indeed forked from Bitcoin so that would make things more easy to implement or maybe they simply regnonice good progress (anticipation on Dash Evolution ?) or perhaps they didnt feel like
getting left out as Dash is on a lot of exchanges these days :



Anyways, whatever the reason .. we sure appreciate it  

[kaene]

Why would they add Darkcoin?  Didn't Finex de-list Darkcoin because nobody used it?  My theory is that the shady Russians wanted some type of mixer for their scandalous activities and aren't convinced a monero wallet will ever come out.

Isn't the dash backend much more similar to bitcoin than Monero?  Ease of implementation of a clone might have had a lot to do with things.

Not really. I would say they intentionally didn't add Monero, because ETH is not a bitcoin clone and they added it anyway, they just probably didn't see any reason to add Monero.

[Emperor of Man]

This is great news. I like BTC-E. 

[mobnepal]

why so late to the party

as much as i like btc-e it was always my question that why they haven't yet added ethereum to their exchanger. all the small time exchangers already have eth pair but they are too late after the pump !!

Maybe we will see a pump again in eth due to more volume from btc e traders moving towards eth.
I am ready to watch what drama will be in trollbox both in yobit and btc-e as trollbox is always in heat whenever there is small annoucement in yobit. LOL 

[alyssa85]

This is actually big news - I think it's the first time they've added new coins since 2013. They didn't even add doge when it was really popular.

[NorrisK]

BTC-e probably doesn't add coins on a regular basis in order to avoid stuff that happened to cryptsy (if their story is true).

They only use seriously vetted software to make sure nobody gains access to their systems through leaks in the wallet software.

Not sure why they added dash, but then again, it is one of the higher volume coins so that is probably the reason.

[MrGood]

Wow that's kinda interesting. BTCe haven't added coins in several years.

ETH was probably predictable though.

Adding DASH seems a strange move on the surface but is likely driven by perception of marketcap.

[sofu]

This will hurt the monero trolls, grabbing some popcorn.

Haha exactly this 

[btc_zero_sum]

Why would they add Darkcoin?  Didn't Finex de-list Darkcoin because nobody used it?  My theory is that the shady Russians wanted some type of mixer for their scandalous activities and aren't convinced a monero wallet will ever come out.

Exactly. Doesn't matter that monero offers total anonymity, it will never go anywhere as a currency or a store of value. They simply forked their tech and never progressed with anything except bugfixes, no marketing and also no features.

and no decent wallet.

there's no doubt that ETH and DASH are projects of much different calibre (just look at the code!) compared to crippled coins alive only on this forum and only thanks to some obsessed (or paid?) troll

[spartak_t]

Nothing surprising in their decision, though personally I don't like Dash for several reasons. I believe that they will list other coins as well.

[Gillette]

Btc-e had added their first new trading pairs in years.

Today they announced adding eth and dash paired to btc.

Seems like they want to be in on the volume.

LOL 2 scam coins: instamined Dash and premined ETH

[alyssa85]

BTC-e probably doesn't add coins on a regular basis in order to avoid stuff that happened to cryptsy (if their story is true).

They only use seriously vetted software to make sure nobody gains access to their systems through leaks in the wallet software.

Not sure why they added dash, but then again, it is one of the higher volume coins so that is probably the reason.

When BTC-E started (back in 2012 I think), they added all the alts in existence at the time, even devcoin was there. I think the last alt to be added  was Feathercoin in 2013, and they removed some of the older non-performing coins.

Then they stopped adding coins. Doge started in Dec 2013, when that huge bitcoin surge to $1000 was building, but I think BTC-E decided that Bitcoin was going to break out and there was no more need for alts, and refused to add any more (and didn't add doge).
 
So it means they've changed their mind in a fundamental way - they arn't sure that Bitcoin is going to win, and they're hedging their bets...

All we need now is for Coinbase to add alts and we know that there is trouble brewing for BTC.

[instacalm]

Btc-e had added their first new trading pairs in years.

Today they announced adding eth and dash paired to btc.

Seems like they want to be in on the volume.

Wow, this is very unexpected! I thought they'd never even consider adding anything other than what they had over all the years.