Again I feel things like Coinsetter, Circle going live will bring more buyers who just weren't ready to buy, yet! And Barry going full-time exchange operator bodes well for the competitive atmosphere surrounding the race for an industry standard bitcoin exchange.
Coinsetter: I have NOT used Coinsetter, but from the website, it appears as if it is already live. I saw that there was a .25% trading fee, but I could NOT figure out the fee, if any to deposit fiat or to cash out to fiat.
Circle: About two months ago, I requested an invitation, and I have received a couple of acknowledgement e-mails from them. I have NOT received any invitation. I recall seeing a couple of pieces of information about Circle. First, it appears that there has been some use of Circle (but I cannot recall where I saw this information), and I do NOT know who has used Circle to make any transactions. Second, I recall reading some article (also, I cannot recall the article) that Circle would be sending out a large number of invitations in late July or early August. I am still waiting for such invitation, as I already mentioned.
I have a Circle account. Got my invite yesterday.
I just checked my back e-mails to verify whether I missed something, and it appears that I have only received two e-mails from Circle. I received one e-mail from Circle on 5/27 acknowledging that they had received my request for an invite, and I received a second e-mail on 6/4 providing me a status update.
Maybe I will get my invite from Circle within the coming days? Or maybe within the coming weeks?
Chalkbot: When did you request your invite? Do you recall? Did you make your request before May 27?