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There are many more exchanges than gox. Bitstamp has a consistent 3 day turnaround.

Fair enough, but mtgox is the most famous one, so I naturally picked up news about it. That makes it somewhat better at least.

3 days is still a very long time compared to the 'real' currency exchanges.

It takes 2 days to get USD in and out of my trading account. I'm not sure how long 'real' currency exchanges take, but I bet it isn't immediate.

Microseconds. It's called FOREX.

You are comparing apples with oranges.

Taking dollars out of an account != exiting a trade. It takes one to two days to get USD out of an OANDA account (source:http://fxtrade.oanda.com/help/how-to-withdraw-funds). So 3 days isn't terrible.

You're right I totally misunderstood, my bad.

By three days, I mean, I initiate a transfer from bitstamp, and I get it into my thai bank account within three business days. The transfer is always verified and initiated on the other end on the same day I make it.

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