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On July 31, 2012 the service reported a security incident in which halted trading and caused financial loss to the exchange. The exchange says it covered losses from reserves and trading resumed in a matter of hours<ref>[https://btc-e.com/news/81 News / Trade is stopped]</ref>. | On July 31, 2012 the service reported a security incident in which halted trading and caused financial loss to the exchange. The exchange says it covered losses from reserves and trading resumed in a matter of hours<ref>[https://btc-e.com/news/81 News / Trade is stopped]</ref>. | ||
On 2-Aug-2012 the service added an API for trading, but still lacks an API for bitcoin withdrawals (something offered by every major exchange). | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 19:41, 5 August 2012
A currency exchange with a BTC/USD market for trading between USD (U.S. Dollars) against bitcoins. The site has Russian and English user interface translations.
The methods allowed for adding funds to an account are Liberty Reserve, Webmoney WMZ, Interkassa.com and their own BTC-E redeemable codes. The withdrawal methods are Webmoney WMZ, Liberty Reserve, QIWI, LiqPAY and BTC-E redeemable code. BTC-E redeem codes exchange provided by AurumXchange Company and BitInstant.
Features
Currency pairs
BTC-E supports the exchange between the major currency pairs, such as:
- BTC/USD
- LTC/BTC, LTC/USD
- RUC/BTC
- NMC/BTC
Deposit options
USD
- Liberty Reserve
- Webmoney WMZ (with volume discount available[1])
- Interkassa.com (VISA, MasterCard, PayPal, LiqPay, etc.)
- BTC-e Code included those obtained from BitInstant (funding options include QIWI, Cyberplat) and AurumXChange
- International Wire Transfer
Withdraw options
Directly to your e-wallet and the U.S. dollar, such as:
- Webmoney WMZ, WMR
- Liberty Reserve
- Perfect Money
- LiqPay
- QIWI
- BTC-E code (cash out aurumxchange --> MtGox)
- For (not only) Russian User: АльфаБанк, Телебанк, ПриватБанк, Яндекс.Деньги, RBK Money.
History
The site was first announced on July 17, 2011[2] with test mode trading. Live trading began on August 7, 2011[3].
On July 31, 2012 the service reported a security incident in which halted trading and caused financial loss to the exchange. The exchange says it covered losses from reserves and trading resumed in a matter of hours[4].
On 2-Aug-2012 the service added an API for trading, but still lacks an API for bitcoin withdrawals (something offered by every major exchange).
See Also
External Links
- BTC-E exchange website
References
- ↑ If the amount to deposit more than 30 WMZ, fee is reduced to 0.08%. Contact support site support via private message for details
- ↑ Btc-e.com exchange for the exchange of BTC <-> USD
- ↑ Btc-e.com
- ↑ News / Trade is stopped