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Re:Global cryptocurrency “market cap” exceeds “US” currency ... by drdeca on Monday May 03, 2021 @11:44PM (#27033866)
Why would there have to be equal numbers of orders on both sides? If there are more buy orders than sell orders, that doesn't pose an issue for selling at the, --

oh, because weighting the price between the lowest open sell order and the highest open buy order based on how many there are of each? If the range between them is small enough, I think the effect of this can be neglected.

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Re:Global cryptocurrency “market cap” exceeds “US” currency ... by Black101 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @01:58PM (#27040465)
> Why would there have to be equal numbers of orders on both sides?

I think that it might influence opinions, robots and future orders... and therefore the current price (in the future).

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