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by dnautics 3104 days ago
Some exchanges don't have usd. Even for those that do, it takes about 30-90 minutes to typically move ~100k in assets from one currency to another, double that if you're going between two altcoins via Bitcoin. During that time the effective usd exchange can have nontrivial swings.
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You go with the price when the transaction actually goes through.
Which transaction? Moving money like that is not a single tx