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September 09, 2013, 08:13:22 PM

Why would big players move to Bitstamp? It has about 1/10th the bid depth as Gox. The "big" players cannot cashout without causing major slippage.

I think, most of bitcoin economic active passed through stamps, and so their is more market buys and sells, then bids/ask walls.

this is why the bid/ask depth looks like about 1/10th that of gox, yet volume is well over 1/4 gox


Volume for US market past 10 days average was: Gox 18k stamp 13k so stamp is catching up fast
friends of Gox could be the whale