Quote from: benaknoun on November 29, 2017, 09:32:20 PM

Been trading on gdax for past 2 days, and today when bitcoin hit a really high price gdax and coinbase are DOWN
It says service unavailable, and gdax too, so i can't access any of them and don't know where the money is
Has this happened before?

It happens every time there is a high volatility selloff like today; they're known for it. GDAX is one of the most unreliable exchanges for trading volatility. Kraken is also among the worst.

Having said that, there was a concerted DDOS attack on exchanges that preceded this selloff. I believe these attacks are profitable because they cause panic selling into thin liquidity.

Quote from: Pab on November 29, 2017, 10:41:16 PM

There is legal case against Coinabase opened https://twitter.com/Bitfinexed/status/935993029315440640

That case is the IRS going after Coinbase's customers. They claim that Coinbase is being used to evade taxes and went on a fishing expedition, asking for virtually all customer information. Their request was denied by the courts, but the revised request (limited to customers w/ $20,000 or more in activity in one year) has apparently been approved.