What have we come to when 350 BTC can persuade the market?  Quit stalling and get on with it BTCChina.

It's not particularly bold unless a disruptive X factor of news comes along.

There's nothing that indicates doing anything.  So far we're somewhat repeating what happened 24 hours ago, but the volume is actually even more tame.  I'm not certain anyone cares to run the price up like last night; perhaps just let it malinger on as per usual this week.

They send out the kneecappers, of course.

Daaaanger zone.

Haha, bids sure piled ontop of $700 at Gox fast.  Hurry, move the wall up...  Hopefully nobody breaks wind in that direction and knocks it over.

I wonder if the grinch is out, ready to start screwing with $701 on Gox.  I wish I could tell him, "HEY!  Get away from there!  You better not...you better not."

Can everyone call truce for a few hours?  Just freeze all activity, dead stop so I can look at the guests that are visiting and show them a map to the airport.

Ugh.  I believe I sold my part at the right moment, but we shall see if China ends up caring about a workaround or not.  LTC went apesh*t while BTC just casually peeked its head up, not sure if we'll be sticking around or drifting back for the remainder of the year.

I'm just going to focus on the momentum across exchanges for the next few days.  We were hit with an X factor that thwarts traditional analysis and is only predictable through voodoo or insider information.

I hit my tuck-tale and buy back in price a couple late nights ago when OKCoin started their workaround for deposits.  It stings at first, but I maintain that in crypto, opportunities are on a carousel and patience is often rewarded.  I'm thankful to have always recovered and gained ground at some point after taking a hit.  My best recovery story in crypto was $40k in 12 days of riding waves.

You may not make it up today, tomorrow, or even in a month, but the market will provide entries and exits worth acting upon in time.

Does anyone trust the Huobi volume...more than all other exchanges combined?  

http://bitcoinity.org/markets/list?currency=ALL

I can't let go of the idea that Huobi is treading on very shaky ground with their workaround. 

Am I wrong to believe that what the owner is doing is dubious at best and otherwise potentially illegal?  I imagine he has found a vague loophole that would allow him some legal wiggle room should he be pressed.

I feel like I'm in a foxhole watching the front line.  Where's that Sunday panic volume to get back in for the week?  Every exchange is snoozing.  Who will fire first?  Mexican standoff in full effect.

We'll just have to wait for the kids to get out of school in China and start running the markets again; maybe another 3 hours unless some of them have after school clubs.  I'm starting to believe the market's ebb and flow is in their hands.  And Huobi is on notice, btw.

Nothing substantiated, just another conspiracy along the lines of why OKCoin was called into question a short time ago.

Regarding US capital gains changes, I doubt many hodlers are looking to trade in dramatic fashion tomorrow to avoid the 2014 hike, but I'm not Nostradamus.

edit: spelling error - holders to hodlers

The back n' forth here covers it pretty well:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1tx6u0/in_us_preserve_2013_bitcoin_gains_before_2014/

I'm positive that it is in fact a year late and was either ignorance, or an attempt at FUD.  As I believe that is the case, forgive me for even mentioning it in the first place.

This is correct.  Again, I was too slack in posting that to begin with.

What's with the grim reaper...

I'd venture to say s/he's watching Huobi.  They racked up a handful of reds right before s/he decided to jump at xx:41

I'm impressed by stamp's disregard for Gox's games, particularly in the last 24 hours.

edit: And moments later someone dumps on Stamp...

I suppose I'll just shut my alarms off for now, as they keep blowing up as walls fall.  Tally-ho!

Seconds after Coinbull's transfer completes

I will say in reply to his snowstorm story, that much of the US is experiencing a "polar vortex" and my flights were cancelled for 3-4 days as of Monday.  Flight crews couldn't get to their planes, etc.  It's been a terrible week for many who are travelling home after the holidays, me.  Many bus lines are experiencing the same problems.  It's plausible to just be having a crap week and other priorities.

That 12 hour interval =

Of course, who wants to sell BTC for Gox bux?  I wish we could see the numbers on BTC transfers in/out of Gox.

And as of this moment, you can buy on Overstock with Bitcoin.

International business coming to Overstock: https://twitter.com/Overstock/status/421388627462324224

I'm looking forward to Stamp overtaking Gox. 

Bipolar weekend.

You would think sellers would learn at this point, looks like a new high every 10-12 hours with tighter, worthless swings to play in between.

It was 1,000 a few minutes ago if you zoomed bitcoinity out.  That's a laughably large wall for BTC-e, a speedbump most other places.  I've traded there for a year and would say most BTC-e traders look at that, chuckle, and say, "I'll come back later."

There he is at $900 and $905.

BTC-e

The BTC DJ is playing this record on heavy rotation.  The tune for the weekend is slap-you-in-the-face obvious at this point.

Hmm, ichimoku angry.

Can someone make sure China still exists?  Where is their volume today?

It's currently the lowest trade volume over the past few hours relative to the same span of time on Huobi since the 1st of January.

Fair enough, I will make a refinement. They're late for their typical trading day.

Well, I'm officially tired of trying to draw support lines this week.

I agree with whoever previously said this, Huobi could sneeze now and really kick things off.

Choo Choo?

*edit: and gone, what a pansy.
*edit 2: removed image here to reduce my contribution to image bloat, update below.

Mega Choo Choo.


I doubt it sticks around for more than a minute.  So, own up, which one of you posted it? Perhaps it was pate since he was chatty during that period.

It was simply termed that in the TradingView chat box, no official builds of anything with that title.

 

To hell with 'em.  Let them throw their money away.

You and the dumper can go down together, Gox.

Even if the primary dumper entered at $0.01/BTC, he's just tossing money away.

"Some men just want to watch the world burn."

Have fun buying back in anywhere for less than 100% what you sold at.

Deleting cold storage wallet/s would essentially be pressing his own, biological delete button.  It's been known that he has to travel to multiple locations to acquire access to cold storage, yes?

Want to blow some speakers?  Have listentobitcoin up during a 180,000 BTC bubble.

http://i.imgur.com/MtuqEmv.jpg

I've seen the wall on BFX 4 times in 2 days.  It couldn't be more obvious now.  Bitstamp has some weak hands that react early and hard when it posts, perhaps they'll eventually learn.