Granted, all those items (even financing domestic terrorism) can be fought selectively, by any government.

Sigh, the standard knee-jerk responses...  They miss the point.

The point is not "I don't like bitcoin because it helps criminals"  nor "XXX is better than bitcoin".  The point is that governments will stamp out crypto, like they got rid of BSCs, if they perceive that crypto is actually going to do what it was intended to do. 

Whatever, it does not change the problem.

The controls I am referring to include their fight against money laundering, illegal commerce, bribery, embezzlement, tax evasion, blackmail, financing terrorism, sabotage and assasinations on their soil,  ...  If governments get to see cryptocurrencies as a significant obstacle to their efforts against those things,  they will clamp down on them -- make crypto commerce illegal, raid servers, co-opt or infitrate crypto outfits, etc.  With full support from the banks, of course.

Bearer stock certificates (BSCs) were numbered but anonymous pieces of fancy paper that certified the bearer as owner of so-many shares of some company.  BSCs of major companies were fungible and untraceable, like dollar bills; but one certificate could be worth thousands of dollars, so they were much more convenient than cash or gold for large payments that had to be hidden from the government, and to take money across borders.  Moreover, their value would grow over time, so they could be used to safely store wealth for decades, out of the reach of government.  BSCs of course were favorites of criminals and tax evaders.  Surprise, companies no longer issue BSCs, and they have been outlawed in many places (~20 years ago in Brazil, IIRC). 

The reasons why I am skeptical of bitcoin apply to all cryptocoins.

For one thing, if one day it may look like like they may succeed in their goal -- bypassing government controls on money flow and supply --, then governments will surely ban them. 

What was the name of the exchange that got closed in France? It seems to be a state secret... none of the press articles mention it.

Not that I know of.

Someone in Cyprus claimed that, thanks to a Post Office error, he got a postcard from the MtGOX liquidators that was addressed to Danny Brewster.  The address was in Pyla, a village in the UN buffer zone, near a British military base.  He claims that he went o the police but they told him that it was an old address; which seems likely given what we know of Danny's actions in Cyprus and the time of MtGOX's demise.  There is a thread about that:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=676302.0

Comparing the order books of OKCoin and Huobi at this moment, I would think that Huobi's clients (only) are dumping in panic while OKCoin's are just watching.  But things may change fast...
EDIT: OKCoin joined the panic now?

Was I supposed to avoid coordinated sentences as well as multiple sentences?

Dind't you notice that you are supposed to answer the question above with a question, so if you start with a statement that is not a question and answers the question above you are not honoring the only rule of this game?

There we are... it took a bit longer than predicted: 4:27 UTC, rather than 04:15.  Perhaps the game went on to the tie-breaking extension?

Anyway, by that time it was lunchtime (12:27 local).  So the volume will probably pick up for good around 05:30, like last Monday.

Hm, could it be that... the Chinese TV started showing some Wold Cup soccer game at 10:30 am local time (02:30 UTC)?

EDIT: if that is true, expect things to start moving again at 04:15 UTC.

But it *is* possible to embed messages in the blockchain, isn't it? Only it is strongly discouraged, I gather?

It's Monday 11:00 am in China and Huobi again has very low volume, like last Monday Jun/30.
That time, the lull was suddenly followed by a big rally at 13:00 (05:00 UTC).
Will it happen again this Monday?

Why are you asking?

Thanks for the correction.  Does blockchain.info provide a way to protect people from such unwanted associations?

Would you agree that the definition above is not appropriate for this this thread, where a question is supposed to elicit another question?

In case you haven't noticed, Huobi is opening an exchange in Hong Kong
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=662221.0
http://newsbtc.com/2014/06/16/chinese-bitcoin-exchange-huobi-launch-virtual-currency-based-derivatives-platform-bitvc/
I understand that for now it is still in beta-test, and supports only trading between BTC and LTC; I saw no mention of trading to/from CNY, CNH or other national currencies.

There is a giant spike at CampBX BTC/USD (~130 BTC bought at ~10'000 USD each).  Is that a glitch in their data?

There is too much meta-uncertainty in this thread; shouldn't we define precisely what a question is?

Some people know.