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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 incept...
Bitcoin Exchange LocalBitcoins to Shut Down 10 Years After Its Inception

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 impa...
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 LocalBitcoins 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 sha...
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 trad...
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...
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.