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Re:Bitcoin crashes over 25% in 24 hours, under $180 by sanswork on Wednesday January 14, 2015 @04:48AM (#8885259)
With bitcoin you don't get rid of the currency exchange rates you add another one. Source -> Bitcoin -> Destination.
Re:Bitcoin crashes over 25% in 24 hours, under $180 by im2w1l on Wednesday January 14, 2015 @10:24AM (#8886764)
I think he is not complaining about the fact that currency need to be exchanged but at how big the spread is. I.e. they give him a quite poor exchange rate as a way of extracting a hidden fee.