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I AM LOGGED IN AND READY TO GO!
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LiteCoinGuy
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Wooohooooo! BUY? SELL?
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giantdragon
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Price up!!!
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LiteCoinGuy
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January 09, 2015, 07:56:36 PM |
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What’s new?
Our team has been working day and night to rebuild and restore security to the Bitstamp site so customers can resume transacting with us quickly, safely, and confidently. Bitstamp is now fully operational with a number of key improvements:
Multi-sig * With the integration of BitGo multi-sig technology, Bitstamp is now the first and only major bitcoin exchange to incorporate the industry's best security practices available today.
Completely new hardware infrastructure * The Bitstamp systems are running on 100% new hardware deployed from a completely secure backup of our code and data.
Amazon Web Services * Bitstamp is now running on Amazon’s world-class AWS cloud infrastructure, architected to be one of the most secure and reliable cloud computing environments available.
Commission-free trading * As a note of thanks to our loyal customers, all transactions conducted on Bitstamp through the end of the North American Bitcoin Conference -- January 17th (at 11:59pm UTC) -- will be commission-free.
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thompete
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January 09, 2015, 07:57:40 PM |
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Price up!!!
lol , I wish that happens. But I don't see any reason of that happening just because of it coming back.
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Flashman
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January 09, 2015, 08:00:12 PM |
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Interesting, big green stiffies on BTCe and Bitfinex.
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TL;DR See Spot run. Run Spot run. .... .... Freelance interweb comedian, for teh lulz >>> 1MqAAR4XkJWfDt367hVTv5SstPZ54Fwse6
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colinistheman
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January 09, 2015, 08:03:56 PM |
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Trading begins at 4pm EST. That's 1 hour from now.
What will happen to the price when trading resumes? Do you think there will be a lot of sellers?
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LiteCoinGuy
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January 09, 2015, 08:04:06 PM |
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Price up!!!
lol , I wish that happens. But I don't see any reason of that happening just because of it coming back. actually the price is rising right nowMoon ?
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thompete
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January 09, 2015, 08:05:23 PM |
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Price up!!!
lol , I wish that happens. But I don't see any reason of that happening just because of it coming back. actually the price is rising Yes, but its not necessary its because of bitstamp coming back . I am not sure what kind of way will the prices be influenced, as people could sell or buy with their funds on stamp.
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YES! CRYPTOCURRENCIES SHALL NEVER DIE!
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LiteCoinGuy
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niktitan132
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January 09, 2015, 08:06:19 PM |
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Trading begins at 4pm EST. That's 1 hour from now.
What will happen to the price when trading resumes? Do you think there will be a lot of sellers?
I have a feeling the price will go up when trading resumes.
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Lethn
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January 09, 2015, 08:07:14 PM |
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Trading begins at 4pm EST. That's 1 hour from now.
What will happen to the price when trading resumes? Do you think there will be a lot of sellers?
I have a feeling the price will go up when trading resumes. Especially if all the lost coins are refunded, it will make MT.GOX look very, very bad.
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January 09, 2015, 08:08:13 PM |
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I AM LOGGED IN AND READY TO GO!
Finally , let the trading begin !
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cryptworld
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January 09, 2015, 08:08:16 PM |
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it is back now, but can someone withdraw its coins?
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arvindr
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January 09, 2015, 08:10:12 PM |
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Trading begins at 4pm EST. That's 1 hour from now.
What will happen to the price when trading resumes? Do you think there will be a lot of sellers?
I have a feeling the price will go up when trading resumes. Especially if all the lost coins are refunded, it will make MT.GOX look very, very bad. Well, MtGox claimed to have lost all 750,000 coins. They would be in no position to refund that. Bitstamp was hit for a smaller amount.
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LiteCoinGuy
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January 09, 2015, 08:11:00 PM |
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it is back now, but can someone withdraw its coins?
should be possible soon but i cant withdraw my Hashlets
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colinistheman
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January 09, 2015, 08:11:08 PM |
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it is back now, but can someone withdraw its coins?
It's not live until 4pm EST. 50 minutes from now
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Lethn
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January 09, 2015, 08:12:16 PM |
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Trading begins at 4pm EST. That's 1 hour from now.
What will happen to the price when trading resumes? Do you think there will be a lot of sellers?
I have a feeling the price will go up when trading resumes. Especially if all the lost coins are refunded, it will make MT.GOX look very, very bad. Well, MtGox claimed to have lost all 750,000 coins. They would be in no position to refund that. Bitstamp was hit for a smaller amount. When you look at how many coins MT.GOX lost in comparison to Bitstamp I'm not convinced at all MT.GOX 'lost' them, the maths just didn't add up, either it was a gross negligance of their security or someone on the inside ( I'm more and more thinking it was Mark Karpeles himself ) went and took them.
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ticoti
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January 09, 2015, 08:13:02 PM |
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it is back now, but can someone withdraw its coins?
It's not live until 4pm EST. 50 minutes from now I have seen in twitter users claiming they have been able to withdraw
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January 09, 2015, 08:14:31 PM |
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This is very good news. Hopefully having a main exchange will restore some confidence in bitcoin. Thanks LiteCoinGuy for the summary.
Price already ticking up! Good Luck everyone!
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January 09, 2015, 08:15:06 PM |
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I AM LOGGED IN AND READY TO GO!
Pretty cool , lets hope that the price will rise once again and for good
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January 09, 2015, 08:17:08 PM |
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What about withdrawals? That's the real question. Has anyone had a successful withdrawal yet? Has anyone had an unsuccessful withdrawal?
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LiteCoinGuy
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This is very good news. Hopefully having a main exchange will restore some confidence in bitcoin. Thanks LiteCoinGuy for the summary.
Price already ticking up! Good Luck everyone!
no problem. i would recommend that anybody should change the password! why? just do it.
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January 09, 2015, 08:20:36 PM |
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This is very good news. Hopefully having a main exchange will restore some confidence in bitcoin. Thanks LiteCoinGuy for the summary.
Price already ticking up! Good Luck everyone!
no problem. i would recommend that anybody should change the password? why? just do it. You're right, like with Bitcointalk hacks, if you're using an old password and it's floating around the internet someone could get at your stuff, always use easy to remember and interchangable passwords and do not ever use one password for your financial accounts, especially if that password is also the same as the one in your day to day and social accounts.
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LiteCoinGuy
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January 09, 2015, 08:35:20 PM |
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This is very good news. Hopefully having a main exchange will restore some confidence in bitcoin. Thanks LiteCoinGuy for the summary.
Price already ticking up! Good Luck everyone!
no problem. i would recommend that anybody should change the password? why? just do it. You're right, like with Bitcointalk hacks, if you're using an old password and it's floating around the internet someone could get at your stuff, always use easy to remember and interchangable passwords and do not ever use one password for your financial accounts, especially if that password is also the same as the one in your day to day and social accounts. otherwise we will have the next chaos in 2 months...hopefully not
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January 09, 2015, 08:57:19 PM |
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time for the price to go up
buy buy as fast as you can
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January 09, 2015, 09:02:10 PM |
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Ok so it's 21:00 UTC, trading has resumed but I don't see anything happening yet.
edit: nevermind, trading just went live! Bounced to $291
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colinistheman
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January 09, 2015, 09:04:18 PM |
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Ok you're right. I was mistaken. I don't know if anyone here has successfully withdrawn yet
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colinistheman
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January 09, 2015, 09:04:38 PM |
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Ok so it's 21:00 UTC, trading has resumed but I don't see anything happening yet.
Yeah it's still not active. Lies!
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colinistheman
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January 09, 2015, 09:06:14 PM |
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holy shit it's live! LOOK AT IT GO
$294 price at opening
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January 09, 2015, 09:07:48 PM |
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Finally Bitstamp is back, was about time.
People are very excited, price may see a short bump.
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January 09, 2015, 09:07:59 PM |
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Live again! About 6 minutes late
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colinistheman
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January 09, 2015, 09:10:55 PM |
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Finally Bitstamp is back, was about time.
People are very excited, price may see a short bump.
I am amazed the price is higher than BTC-e. I thought there would be tons of sells. Not so. At least not in the first 5 minutes. It's up to $298 $10 price spread! Quick! Buy on BTC-e and sell on bitstamp. Arbitrage!
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haploid23
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January 09, 2015, 09:13:07 PM |
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No trading fees, so a bunch of trading bots will smooth out the volatility from all the micro transactions.
1150 BTC being dumped at $295.99
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Nagle
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January 09, 2015, 09:27:13 PM |
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Yes, they're back up, and after 20 minutes there's been enough volume to get them back in sync with the other markets, around $288. Bitcoinwisdom is tracking Bitstamp, but Bitcoin Charts (which is owned by Karpeles) is not.
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colinistheman
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January 09, 2015, 09:31:46 PM |
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Yes, they're back up, and after 20 minutes there's been enough volume to get them back in sync with the other markets, around $288. Bitcoinwisdom is tracking Bitstamp, but Bitcoin Charts (which is owned by Karpeles) is not.
That didn't take long. All is back as usual after 20 minutes. The media loves the crash stories... now let the media write about this.
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I'd be very surprised if they even acknowledged this positive thing at all, they like to focus on a narrative and once they've decided with it they'll go with it even when piles of evidence stack up against them.
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Nagle
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January 09, 2015, 09:57:43 PM |
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The next question is whether Bitstamp is now insolvent. They lost $5 million. Did they get new funding to replace that, did they have enough capital of their own, or are they dipping into customer funds? Their statements have carefully avoided mentioning this issue.
If a real stockbroker lost funds like that, and became insolvent (debts > assets), they would have to stop operations immediately. In some jurisdictions it is a felony for a broker to continue to accept funds once insolvent. They don't get to "fix it later". That's because, historically, the temptation to fix it by speculating with customer funds has been a big problem.
With withdrawals working again, it's probably a good idea to get your assets out of Bitstamp. Don't use them as a wallet. Trade there if you like, but empty out your account when not actively trading.
Bitstamp now needs a full audit by an outside auditing firm.
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Lethn
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January 09, 2015, 10:19:09 PM |
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With withdrawals working again, it's probably a good idea to get your assets out of Bitstamp. Don't use them as a wallet. Trade there if you like, but empty out your account when not actively trading. That should be standard practice for any exchange, never use exchanges and online wallets or any public service for longterm storage, you do not have control over your coins there!
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January 09, 2015, 10:20:01 PM |
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Happy to see they are back and being honest about the situation
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January 09, 2015, 10:26:43 PM |
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The next question is whether Bitstamp is now insolvent. They lost $5 million. Did they get new funding to replace that, did they have enough capital of their own, or are they dipping into customer funds? Their statements have carefully avoided mentioning this issue.
If a real stockbroker lost funds like that, and became insolvent (debts > assets), they would have to stop operations immediately. In some jurisdictions it is a felony for a broker to continue to accept funds once insolvent. They don't get to "fix it later". That's because, historically, the temptation to fix it by speculating with customer funds has been a big problem.
With withdrawals working again, it's probably a good idea to get your assets out of Bitstamp. Don't use them as a wallet. Trade there if you like, but empty out your account when not actively trading.
Bitstamp now needs a full audit by an outside auditing firm.
That might be a possibility . To become solvent they would need to purchase 18K bitcoins, and I am not sure if they already did that or plan to do that .
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January 09, 2015, 10:29:56 PM |
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What happens to the stolen 19,000 BTCs? Bitstamp has a roadmap to pay it off to the customers. I think Bitstamp is finished. I personally would never transfer anything in there.
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The next question is whether Bitstamp is now insolvent. They lost $5 million. Did they get new funding to replace that, did they have enough capital of their own, or are they dipping into customer funds? Their statements have carefully avoided mentioning this issue.
If a real stockbroker lost funds like that, and became insolvent (debts > assets), they would have to stop operations immediately. In some jurisdictions it is a felony for a broker to continue to accept funds once insolvent. They don't get to "fix it later". That's because, historically, the temptation to fix it by speculating with customer funds has been a big problem.
With withdrawals working again, it's probably a good idea to get your assets out of Bitstamp. Don't use them as a wallet. Trade there if you like, but empty out your account when not actively trading.
Bitstamp now needs a full audit by an outside auditing firm.
Agree, that's the missing part of the statement - how are they going to cover the lost funds? After all the shit from Mt Gox it would be nice if bitstamp were more transparent on this. Although, if Pantera bailed them out, both sides may not be very keen on disclosing the details. And this part slightly suggest that this could be the case: On a personal note, I’d like to thank the incredible teams at Bitstamp and at our lead investor Pantera Capital who have worked around-the-clock from multiple time zones in the last few days. I’m incredibly proud of the herculean work of this extended team, and grateful to the phenomenal show of support from customers, friends, and partners in the bitcoin community. Hopefully they won't qualify for audit exemption in their 2nd year of trading.
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January 09, 2015, 10:38:35 PM |
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That might be a possibility . To become solvent they would need to purchase 18K bitcoins, and I am not sure if they already did that or plan to do that .
I highly doubt they have the finances to buy it outright. I think they will have a plan where they slowly pays back the customers over time, or offers them a stake.
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January 09, 2015, 11:06:37 PM |
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That was an incredible quick fix by Bitstamp. Good trustworthy company.
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Ask the stranger he knows who you really are.
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Shattered
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January 09, 2015, 11:13:32 PM |
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I really hope everything eventually works itself out with Bitstamp. I would hate to see another black eye on the shiny face of BTC to start the new year.
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January 09, 2015, 11:17:57 PM |
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I highly doubt they have the finances to buy it outright. I think they will have a plan where they slowly pays back the customers over time, or offers them a stake.
Thats most likely what MtGox wanted to do. And then the price went ballistic. Bitstamp doesnt didnt lose $5M; they lost a shitload of bitcoins and as long as they dont obtain them, their liability has no upper limit.
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Would definitely withdraw asap if I were a current user...don't make the same mistake. They're back up, but that still doesn't solve the fundamental problem of their losses or intended plan to make up for the stolen funds. Seen this happen with coinex and cryptorush with a 're-opening.' The lost funds are going to come out someone's pocket.
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January 10, 2015, 02:46:29 AM |
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I have already withdraw all of my bitcoins succesfully
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January 10, 2015, 04:23:52 AM |
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I have already withdraw all of my bitcoins succesfully
I was able to take everything out too.
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January 10, 2015, 04:36:37 AM |
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The next question is whether Bitstamp is now insolvent. They lost $5 million. Did they get new funding to replace that, did they have enough capital of their own, or are they dipping into customer funds? Their statements have carefully avoided mentioning this issue.
Bitstamp is Silicon Valley, VC backed (Pantera). They were always going to come back and do things right. No chance of insolvency or funny business whatsoever.
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January 10, 2015, 04:39:29 AM |
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This is great news! Other members were saying bitstamp will be back but i wasn't so sure, I'm happy to be proved wrong in this case. With Pantera behind them this does look like a safe company.
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January 10, 2015, 04:40:31 AM |
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Ha. Most of us predict that Bitstamps will be back. Since it is back.. Bitcoin price gonna rise again.. .
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So sad! This profile does not appear as the #1 result (on anonymous) Google searches anymore.
Time to be active on the crypto forums again? Proud to be one of the few Legendary members of the Sparkie Red Dot!
Gonna put this on my resume if I ever join a cryptocurrency/blockchain industry!
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January 10, 2015, 04:44:42 AM |
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So happy we have great exchanges in my country, nor verification time, 5 min entering any website no registration, payment and Bitcoins are send. It's perfect. Main reason is that one of our payment methods is instant and usually non-refundable so they know the funds are there, are immidiatly send to the exchange and with that confirmation the BTC gets transfered.
I did register today on Bitstamp for the. First time, but by the time I would be verified, allowed to buy and have funds deposited...
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January 10, 2015, 05:02:14 AM |
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The next question is whether Bitstamp is now insolvent. They lost $5 million. Did they get new funding to replace that, did they have enough capital of their own, or are they dipping into customer funds? Their statements have carefully avoided mentioning this issue.
If a real stockbroker lost funds like that, and became insolvent (debts > assets), they would have to stop operations immediately. In some jurisdictions it is a felony for a broker to continue to accept funds once insolvent. They don't get to "fix it later". That's because, historically, the temptation to fix it by speculating with customer funds has been a big problem.
With withdrawals working again, it's probably a good idea to get your assets out of Bitstamp. Don't use them as a wallet. Trade there if you like, but empty out your account when not actively trading.
Bitstamp now needs a full audit by an outside auditing firm.
Not a big deal, they have so many coins sitting in the cold storage collecting dust. Their reserve ratio is much higher than any banks in the world, which typically have only 20% of customer funds at hand while still serve the customer for decades
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January 10, 2015, 05:03:01 AM |
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I highly doubt they have the finances to buy it outright. I think they will have a plan where they slowly pays back the customers over time, or offers them a stake.
That seldom works. Many financial firms have tried that. Enron was a notable example of that going very wrong. So, withdraw your funds from Bitstamp for a few months. If they're solvent, it won't hurt them a bit. If not...
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Not a big deal, they have so many coins sitting in the cold storage collecting dust. Their reserve ratio is much higher than any banks in the world, which typically have only 20% of customer funds at hand while still serve the customer for decades
Banks do not work that way. Banks make loans, which are assets to a bank. If you own a loan, you can sell it, which banks do. Loans plus cash plus capital must exceed deposits. Trouble can appear if a broad class of loans lose value, which is what happened in 2008. Bitcoin exchanges have no secured loans as assets. They are not banks. They are not lending institutions. They have to have 100% of their deposits or they are insolvent.
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Not a big deal, they have so many coins sitting in the cold storage collecting dust. Their reserve ratio is much higher than any banks in the world, which typically have only 20% of customer funds at hand while still serve the customer for decades
Banks do not work that way. Banks make loans, which are assets to a bank. If you own a loan, you can sell it, which banks do. Loans plus cash plus capital must exceed deposits. Trouble can appear if a broad class of loans lose value, which is what happened in 2008. Bitcoin exchanges have no secured loans as assets. They are not banks. They are not lending institutions. They have to have 100% of their deposits or they are insolvent. What you said is academically true. But behind the scene, banks and exchanges work exactly the same way: Customers only play with numbers in their database until they withdraw real money. That's the reason M2 and M3 can be magnitudes higher than monetary base since they are only some numbers in bank's database Bitcoin is hard assets, you could consider those hacked coins as a long term loan to hackers. Even so, bitstamp still have 80% of customer funds at hand. But in a bank, they never keep more than 40% of the funds at hand and their long term loan to business can not be easily liquidated. When a wave of customer withdraw hit, banks reserve will be drained quickly, and they have to borrow from other banks at the cost of interbank short term interest (LIBOR), but if majority of banks are facing such withdraw pressure, they will turn to FED asking for new base money injection In bitcoin world there is no lender of last resort, so if everyone withdraw from bitstamp, they will have a bank run, but I think with more than 80% reserve ratio they are much safer than most of the banks I remember that after 2011 MTGOX hack, they proved that they had 400K coins in a cold storage, and finally they lost 800K coins, so it is very likely that they were operating in a 50% reserve basis for almost 3 years
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January 10, 2015, 06:05:48 AM |
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The next question is whether Bitstamp is now insolvent. They lost $5 million. Did they get new funding to replace that, did they have enough capital of their own, or are they dipping into customer funds? Their statements have carefully avoided mentioning this issue.
If a real stockbroker lost funds like that, and became insolvent (debts > assets), they would have to stop operations immediately. In some jurisdictions it is a felony for a broker to continue to accept funds once insolvent. They don't get to "fix it later". That's because, historically, the temptation to fix it by speculating with customer funds has been a big problem.
With withdrawals working again, it's probably a good idea to get your assets out of Bitstamp. Don't use them as a wallet. Trade there if you like, but empty out your account when not actively trading.
Bitstamp now needs a full audit by an outside auditing firm.
You are right to point that out because unlike financial institutions which have assets to back them up, I don't believe exchangers have that as well. I really hate to see them go but at least they must be given a chance to recover. I'm not sure how it is possible... probably when they start back operation and get things moving again like normal business day, this will allow them to secure funding either from investors or how. Or either way, maybe the loss for them is too small for them and they already have contingency plan in place. We just don't know that. So, it's a good idea not to leave large amount right now which goes the same for any other exchangers.
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January 10, 2015, 07:27:57 AM |
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good news then
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January 10, 2015, 08:18:26 AM |
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gotta say great job bitstamp, you guys have proven to be trustworthy, i hope the security is sound now.
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January 10, 2015, 08:57:08 AM |
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Great! Bitstamp prove their job professionally and their trustworthy too. I hope the price will rise!
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January 10, 2015, 09:06:13 AM |
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Price up!!!
lol , I wish that happens. But I don't see any reason of that happening just because of it coming back. actually the price is rising right nowMoon ? Preev.com => 281.1 USD Bitstamp.net => 278 USD Google.com => 297.96 USD
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