Localbitcoins Removes In-Person Cash Trades Forcing Traders to Look Elsewhere

Localbitcoins Removes In-Person Cash Trades Forcing Traders to Look Elsewhere

One of the oldest over-the-counter BTC exchanges, Localbitcoins, has removed cash trades from its list of options. This means that people cannot use the platform to meet in person and sell BTC for cash or vice versa. Localbitcoins hasn’t officially announced why it removed the option, but a few traders have stated that all in-person cash trades were suddenly canceled. “I logged in and found my ‘in-person’ sell offers were all deleted, and the ‘add new’ prompt now has no ‘local’ options, only ‘online’ ones — Kind of defeats the purpose of ‘local’ in the name,” one trader detailed on the Reddit forum r/bitcoin.

The news spread like wildfire across social media and bitcoiners discussed new ways to trade in-person for cash. Ray Youseff, the founder of the peer-to-peer platform Paxful, noted on Twitter that his platform has started seeing a great number of new registrations.

“Localbitcoins is now Remote Bitcoins — They took down all their cash offers and the refugees are flooding to Paxful VIP support for all cash vendors,” Youseff exclaimed. “We won’t let you down — Cash is still king in the emerging world.”

Sure enough, after logging on to the Localbitcoins site, all local in-person trades have been removed from the drop-down menu. Localbitcoins’ reason for stopping in-person cash trades remains unclear right now and a few other users complained that their cash trades were canceled without any warnings. The removal of cash trades follows the peer-to-peer platform’s recent addition of more KYC requirements for large traders and the operation also ceased serving Iranians. The news also comes two days before the launch of Local.Bitcoin.com, a peer-to-peer marketplace that will allow individuals to trade bitcoin cash (BCH) privately with anyone in the world.

Traders can use the peer-to-peer local bitcoin cash marketplace with any payment method and the noncustodial platform also offers great margins for both buyers and sellers. There is a wide variety of online payment methods for people who are trading from a distance, but the BCH marketplace also offers in-person cash trades so people can trade with each other locally. If you are looking for an exchange that provides cash trades in person or if you want to trade by using another form of payment, you can create an account before it launches on June 4.

Creating an account today will allow people to get a feel for the platform and users can start creating sell orders in advance for when the marketplace launches. During the pre-launch over the next 48 hours, users can add profile details like payment method, location, and local currency. People can download a wallet backup to secure future funds and be prepared to do over-the-counter trades effortlessly. Moreover, Local.Bitcoin.com traders can earn through referrals when they invite friends and family members to the BCH marketplace. For instance, if a friend of yours signs up through a referral then you will be rewarded with 20% of their lifetime trading fees.

If you are just hearing about Local.Bitcoin.com and want step-by-step instructions on how to sign up and create a trade, check out this informative article.

What do you think about Localbitcoins removing in person cash trades from the exchange’s trading options? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.

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