Bitcoin Price Update: Will China Lead us Down?

Bitcoin Price Update: Will China Lead us Down?

Bitcoin Priced in USD on Mt. Gox. Above is Gox price as of ~9:30 PM (GMT+2). Still above the previous low, but dipping below the 38.2% retracement level. Note the low volume. What's leading us down? I suspect the trading fees implemented on BTC China, as documented elsewhere on this site. 0.3% fees are still cut-rate by Western standards, but the Chinese may have taken it as a negative sign. I believe that free services are common to China's highly competitive, winner-take-all economy. Bitcoin Priced in CNY on BTC China. And here's Bitcoin price in China; note that volume remains high and....


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