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An Ode to LocalBitcoins (and a Lesson About Maintaining Bitcoin's Public Goods)
Bitcoiners can take a leaf out of Ethereum's book when it comes to founding and funding open infrastructure needed for all.
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Bitcoin Exchange LocalBitcoins to Shut Down 10 Years After Its Inception
Bitcoin Exchange LocalBitcoins to Shut Down 10 Years After Its Inception
LocalBitcoins, one of the longest-running bitcoin exchanges, is set to close this month in response to the "ongoing very cold crypto winter," roughly a decade after its inception. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest firm hit by the downturn in the crypto markets.
Bitcoin Exchange LocalBitcoins to Shut Down 10 Years After Its Inception

EQONEX closes its exchange (Masaaki Komori/Unsplash)
El exchange de bitcoin LocalBitcoins dejará de operar por las condiciones del mercado
LocalBitcoins suspenderá sus operaciones diez años después de su creación debido a la caída en el volumen semanal.
EQONEX closes its exchange (Masaaki Komori/Unsplash)

Okcoin's Chief Operating Officer Reacts to LocalBitcoins Closing Down
Okcoin's Chief Operating Officer Reacts to LocalBitcoins Closing Down
Bitcoin exchange LocalBitcoins is set to close this month amid the "ongoing very cold crypto winter." Okcoin Chief Operating Officer Jason Lau weighs in on how this could impact the market and crypto sector overall.
Okcoin's Chief Operating Officer Reacts to LocalBitcoins Closing Down

Bitcoin Exchange LocalBitcoins Set to Close This Month, Citing Crypto Winter
Bitcoin Exchange LocalBitcoins Set to Close This Month, Citing Crypto Winter
Bitcoin exchange Local Bitcoins will close this month after 10 years of operation in response to current market conditions The company said in a statement we are sad to share that regardless of our efforts to overcome challenges during the ongoing very cold crypto winter we have regretfully concluded that Local Bitcoins can no longer [...]
Bitcoin Exchange LocalBitcoins Set to Close This Month, Citing Crypto Winter

Bitcoin Network Activity Hits Two-Year High Thanks to NFTs: CryptoQuant
Bitcoin Network Activity Hits Two-Year High Thanks to NFTs: CryptoQuant
Okcoin Chief Operating Officer Jason Lau joins First Mover to discuss the recent pause in bitcoin's January rally as the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization trades sideways staying below the 23 000 level Plus insights on the Ordinals protocol boosting network activity on the Bitcoin blockchain to a two year high according to a new [...]
Bitcoin Network Activity Hits Two-Year High Thanks to NFTs: CryptoQuant

LocalBItcoins is sunsetting its exchange (Johannes Plenio/Unsplash)
Bitcoin Exchange LocalBitcoins to Close, Citing Market Conditions
LocalBitcoins is suspending the exchange 10 years after its inception because weekly volume has slumped.
LocalBItcoins is sunsetting its exchange (Johannes Plenio/Unsplash)

FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Backtracks on $1B Political Donation; Russians Face New Crypto Sanctions in the EU
FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Backtracks on $1B Political Donation; Russians Face New Crypto Sanctions in the EU
Sam Bankman Fried the head of crypto exchange FTX in an interview with Politico's Morning Money backtracked on his remarks that he would donate up to 1 billion in the next U S presidential election Plus crypto exchanges Local Bitcoins Crypto com and Blockchain com have notified their Russian users that their services will soon [...]
FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Backtracks on $1B Political Donation; Russians Face New Crypto Sanctions in the EU

Russians face new crypto sanctions in the European Union. (Getty Images)
Russian Journalists, Activists Kicked Off Crypto Exchanges Due to EU Sanctions
The European Commission last week boosted restrictions on providing financial services to Russians.
Russians face new crypto sanctions in the European Union. (Getty Images)

Fighters of Ezz al-Din Al-Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas.
Hamas Tapped Binance to Launder Bitcoin Donations, Blockchain Data Suggests
Binance said it froze the Hamas-linked wallet.
Fighters of Ezz al-Din Al-Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas.