I have mixed feelings for btce. I'm an american and wired $10K USD to their bank and for the record it took 33days.
I noticed that after I sent the money they changed their policy to refuse funds from US citizens or US banks so I was freaking out.
It finally arrived dec 23 and i attribute it to a christmas miracle. After that I'm just happy it got there, probably prevented me from buying at $1200 too ;-)
some people rag on them, but I think they really try, they are just overwhelmed.
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