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Can we just chip in to a graph in the top-right corner that shows the exchange rate of BTC vs. USD, and leave it at that? I'm sure someone could write an extension for that.

Saves us a lot of this. :P

If this market isn't being manipulated then I'm a monekey's uncle. I've been watching it on and off all afternoon, and I keep seeing it move rationally (ie price changes are a function of the size of the trade) and then irrationally (sudden discontinuities on tiny trades). For example, I just watched it decline from ~126 to 115 over a few minutes, and then suddenly jump up by +10 on a 0.03 BTC trade. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the efect of lag here, but it looks shady as heck.

Edit: Also, spreads of over 10% among different markets? Yeesh.

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