Coinbase Halts Bitcoin Buys For The Day

Coinbase Halts Bitcoin Buys For The Day

Popular Bitcoin buying and selling center Coinbase has apparently halted Bitcoin buys for the day due to overwhelming demand, according to a Reddit user. The company states the following on their website. Due to higher than normal buy volumes, we are unable to provide exact price quotes right now. Instead of pausing buys entirely, we decided to give people the option to purchase bitcoin at the market price in a few days. Once your USD funds arrive, we will exchange them to bitcoin at the market price at approximately Friday Nov 22, 2013 at 07:56AM PST. Note that you can cancel your order....


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