LocalBitcoins, a low-fi exchange launched in 2011, is gaining traction in overlooked markets where people have less access to VC-backed alternatives.
Two bitcoin brokers in Singapore were assaulted and robbed by nearly $300,000 in cash while meeting with a prospect bitcoin seller offline.
A Michigan man has been charged with running an unlicensed money transmitting business after selling more than $150,000 in bitcoin.
A group of enthusiasts have launched a new website dedicated to connecting buyers and sellers of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency monero.
A notable political party in the US is speaking out against the sentencing of a bitcoin trader.
A bitcoin trader on LocalBitcoins has been sentenced to prison terms after being convicted of running an unlicensed money transmission business.
A Michigan LocalBitcoins trader plead guilty last week to operating an unlicensed money services business.
A Local Bitcoins seller based in Missouri has plead guilty to running an unlicensed money transmission business.
A fake LocalBitcoins app is being distributed on the Google Play store in a bid to steal user bitcoins.
A judge has sentenced Florida LocalBitcoins user Pascal Reid to serves 90 days in jail in a ruling that closes a notable legal case from 2014.
Global bitcoin marketplace LocalBitcoins is operating again following over six hours of downtime it attributed to a “hardware failure”. The company announced the outage at 20:22 UTC yesterday. By 03:02 it said the service was “back up and running”, though it appears some site functionality – including user logins – is still problematic. LocalBitcoins community manager ‘Max’ told Reddit the problem […]
An indictment against a Colorado bitcoin trader, Burt Wagner, has been dismissed "without prejudice" by a district court judge.
The price of bitcoin broke out this week, spiking to a high of $257 on 17th June in what amounted to a jolt of life for the bitcoin economy.
P2P marketplace LocalBitcoins has experienced a hack on its chat client, resulting in the distribution of malware and loss of customer funds.
New details have emerged from LocalBitcoins following its earlier announcement that it would halt services in Germany.