yeah that's what would happen if for example Wall Street was made like the Obama Healthcare website - the whole world would be in crisis.
Nothing wrong with bitcon. Nothing wrong with other exchanges - but they do feel the turbulence.
Stuff is so bad at MT-Gox (= Wall Street), that one BTC there is being sold at less than 100 $ at moments... Many are selling them underhand too! For even lower prices... You can pick up 20 to 30 bitcoins at premium prices. BUT there's a catch: MT-Gox takes your BTC & $ hostage. They always had a strange policy (that's why only the big traders went there) with the best prices, but nowadays it's fucked beyond believe.
They blame Bitcon protocol. They are the only ones. Everybody else is fine and they blame MT-Gox.
If you buy BTC from MT-Gox you must anticipate a few weeks delay at least before you can transfer stuff out - if ever ;-)
So no reason to panic. This is a great time to BUY bitcoin.
To put it in perspective...
http://www.bitcoinspot.nl/menu-wisselkoersen/bitcoin-wisselkoers-euro.htmlKarma!
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