LocalBitcoins Volumes In New Global USD All-Time High, “Busiest Week Ever”

LocalBitcoins Volumes In New Global USD All-Time High, “Busiest Week Ever”

In the wake of inching closer to its 2016 peak, CoinDance indicates that the worldwide weekly volume of popular P2P Bitcoin marketplace, LocalBitcoins, reached a new all-time high on record USD volumes last week with five countries - USA, Malaysia, Brazil, Venezuela, and Sweden - recording all-time highs within the same period. LocalBitcoins CEO Nikolaus Kangas says: “It was certainly one of the busiest weeks on our platform ever.” The highest price of the top digital currency this year stands at $763.33 in June. Last week, the price reached $720.29, the closest to the peak rate for the....


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