www.BITSTAMP.net Bitcoin exchange site for USD/BTC

[caiomsbr]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/11/23/heres-who-probably-did-that-massive-150000000-bitcoin-transaction/

Ow wait... Guess WHAT?.. they WON'T ANSWER the publisher because they can't answer their tickets!

[Rampion]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/11/23/heres-who-probably-did-that-massive-150000000-bitcoin-transaction/

Ow wait... Guess WHAT?.. they WON'T ANSWER the publisher because they can't answer their tickets!

Holy shit, let me doubt that there are 200k coins on Bitstamp... What's sure is that in their order book they only have 10k coins.

[devastator83]

Crossed the 2 weeks waiting boundary since I deposited ...

[Rassah]

My mom wired money from US on Friday, November 15th. Still nothing in her balance, and no reply to question of whether they even got it.

These guys are messing with Rassah's mom now 

[massimies]

Still unusable and unrensposive. Prices lag minutes behind and cancelling orders is impossible.

Tips for a new good European market place?

[Alpaca Bob]

Still unusable and unrensposive. Prices lag minutes behind and cancelling orders is impossible.

Tips for a new good European market place?

Bitcoin.de & Kraken.com, although neither have anywhere near as much volume as Bitstamp does.

[Krako]

i think is very extrange before bitstamp down the prices was nearly 15% less compared with mtgox. After the site was recovered the prices are around the same as mtgox... Casuality?

[dnaleor]

finally got my SEPA deposit on bitstamp, after more than 2 weeks!

issue resolved, but I will lower my funds on my account

[boozezela]

Still unusable and unrensposive. Prices lag minutes behind and cancelling orders is impossible.

Tips for a new good European market place?

Bitcoin.de & Kraken.com, although neither have anywhere near as much volume as Bitstamp does.

Bitcoin.de is not really an exchange, it is more an escrow that facilitates trading: you deal directly with other users and you buy/sell using SEPA transfers. Once the payment is received by the you/the other party, Bitcoin.de release BTCs accordingly.

Pro:
- Transfers are not stuck in a limbo depending on non-specified "problems" (MtGox/Bitstamp style).
- Because the entities involved in the transfers are banks, transfers really happen in 24/48 hours
- The price for BTCs sometimes is lower than "real" exchanges
- You don't need to fully verify your account: there is a semi-verified status that allows you to trade a maximum of €2500/year (IIRC there is also a limit in terms of volume, but at the moment I am too lazy to login and check ).

Cons:
- Because of the 24/48 hours delay you cannot do day trading
- No major charting facilities available
- In case of a price crash the other party may refuse to honour the transaction (by doing so s/he will be penalised and possibly banned by/from bitcoin.de)
- Prices in USD don't make any sense: they are hugely overestimated

[BitAddict]

i think is very extrange before bitstamp down the prices was nearly 15% less compared with mtgox. After the site was recovered the prices are around the same as mtgox... Casuality?

It is completely normal.

Deposits halted= less money to buy bitcoin = less price

Deposits of 2 weeks processed all at the same time in just 2 days = tons of money to buy bitcoin = higher price

[Alpaca Bob]

Still unusable and unrensposive. Prices lag minutes behind and cancelling orders is impossible.

Tips for a new good European market place?

Bitcoin.de & Kraken.com, although neither have anywhere near as much volume as Bitstamp does.

Bitcoin.de is not really an exchange, it is more an escrow that facilitates trading: you deal directly with other users and you buy/sell using SEPA transfers. Once the payment is received by the you/the other party, Bitcoin.de release BTCs accordingly.

Pro:
- Transfers are not stuck in a limbo depending on non-specified "problems" (MtGox/Bitstamp style).
- Because the entities involved in the transfers are banks, transfers really happen in 24/48 hours
- The price for BTCs sometimes is lower than "real" exchanges
- You don't need to fully verify your account: there is a semi-verified status that allows you to trade a maximum of €2500/year (IIRC there is also a limit in terms of volume, but at the moment I am too lazy to login and check ).

Cons:
- Because of the 24/48 hours delay you cannot do day trading
- No major charting facilities available
- In case of a price crash the other party may refuse to honour the transaction (by doing so s/he will be penalised and possibly banned by/from bitcoin.de)
- Prices in USD don't make any sense: they are hugely overestimated

Yeah he didn't ask for an exchange specifically, but bitcoin.de is more like localbitcoins.com. Also, massimies, look into localbitcoins.com.

Kraken seems pretty great, but they are US based. Which is a big downside for me, especially after the whole Lavabit ordeal. And then there is the (very) low volume issue, of course.

I really hope Bitstamp will get real. They have been doing a fine job up until now, but we have yet to see a whole bunch of improvements. Surely most of these have been discussed within this thread.

[massimies]

I'm not looking for an escrow styled trading, but something very similar to bitstamp. Real time trades, SEPA transfers, working and fast webpage and last but not least customer service. Trading volume is an issue too. That's why btc-e doesn't cut it (and the fiat/btc rate is ridiculously low compared to other markets).

[Alpaca Bob]

I'm not looking for an escrow styled trading, but something very similar to bitstamp. Real time trades, SEPA transfers, working and fast webpage and last but not least customer service.

Kraken.com

(But like I said, their volume is still low. And they are based in the US. They do use SEPA.)

(I'm not familiar with Bitcoin-Central.)

[mmeijeri]

In recent days volume at btc-e has been comparable to that of MtGox and Bitstamp.

[lotusblüte]

kraken.com did something like a joint-venture with the Fidor-Bank AG.
Having an online-bank account on Fidor you can process fast bank transfers (Fidor-MoneyWire) to kraken. usually it takes maximum 24 hours!

in future they are planning to speed up this service to minimum.

bitcoin.de is in discussions with the Fidor Bank as well atm to make a symbiosis possible in near future. this will soon mean something like a real-time trading/money wireing option on bitcoin.de


Here you can make a free Fidor Bank Online-Account via my affiliate-link, thanks mate:  

https://banking.fidor.de/registrierung?ibid=17071743



edit: this is not my banking business, but i am really happy about this new banking-option "Fidor" and looking forward for their guaranted upcoming superfast wireing-service!
-if there are any language issues (it seems the page is german only), feel yourself free to contact me for further assistance, i will guide & translate you through the registration for a little BTC-tip  

[dsattler]

Bitcoin-Central is open again and EU-based.

BC-Central has a lot to do to catch up. At the moment, their website is in french only...

[boozezela]

Bitcoin-Central is open again and EU-based.

BC-Central has a lot to do to catch up. At the moment, their website is in french only...

I'm logged in and it's in English.

[devastator83]

finally got my SEPA deposit on bitstamp, after more than 2 weeks!

issue resolved, but I will lower my funds on my account

+1
Mine also got deposited after 2 weeks ...

[lotusblüte]

that sounds really crazy^^ 

[massimies]

In recent days volume at btc-e has been comparable to that of MtGox and Bitstamp.

So it has been. Fiat price is still way too low. Btc-e thrives on altcoins?

Edit: Stamp having problems again...