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298 points vega_empire | 2 comments | 23 Dec 17 12:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

1. c1utch1 ◴[23 Dec 17 21:04 UTC] No.15996251[source]▶

The issue is BTC trading costs are so high that arb'ing it doesn't work well. You need massive spreads and perfect trading execution for this to work.

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2. dannyw ◴[24 Dec 17 03:15 UTC] No.15997687[source]▶

>>15996251 (TP) #

Since when is a trading cost of 0% (maker, high volume, bitfinex) and 0.1% (taker, high volume, bitfinex) so high?

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