Why are the offers to buy Bitcoin on Bisq always way over the market price? I sometimes look at the market price for 1 Bitcoin and think it's low. Then I look at the (SEPA, EUR) offers to buy Bitcoin on Bisq. The best ones are a thousand USD over the market price. It feels really bad to take such offers, but I have no other choice, so I always end up doing so.
Is this just because so few people use Bisq? Do centralized marketplaces always let you buy at (basically) the exact market place?
It's a combination of the low trade volume, and also because the traders on Bisq know that some people will pay a premium in order to avoid having to complete KYC requirements to do their trades.
If you signed up for an centralized exchange, you'll be able to buy at the market rate (minus a fee), but the trade-off is having to complete KYC requirements.