Blog

News, guides and stories about bitcoin, crypto and peer-to-peer trading from the LocalCoinSwap team.

2022

August 10, 2022

Top 30 Crypto Movies & Documentaries

The Ultimate List of VPNs that Accept Crypto

30 Cryptocurrency Books to Expand Your Knowledge

Cashing Out Your NFT Gains

Top 5 Cryptocurrency Debit Cards

Buy & Sell Crypto with Cash by Mail

Charities You Can Help with Crypto Today

Top 10 Best Play-to-Earn Crypto Games

February 14, 2022

Getting Started with Celo

February 14, 2022

LocalCoinSwap Welcomes CELO & cUSD

2021

December 28, 2021

Ethereum Name Service (ENS) Introduction

December 20, 2021

LocalCoinSwap Holiday Roadshow

November 17, 2021

Entering the Metaverse

November 3, 2021

Why Does Bitcoin Have Value?

November 1, 2021

Bitcoin Cheatsheet

October 30, 2021

Top 3 Surprising Facts About Cryptocurrency

October 28, 2021

Is Dollar Cost Averaging the Easiest way to Trade?

September 14, 2021

Can I Find Bitcoin Near Me?

Getting to the Root of the Bitcoin Taproot Upgrade

5 Ways to Get More Trades as a P2P Vendor

Understand NFTs in 5 Minutes or Less

Is it Finally Over for GPU Mining?

How to Buy Bitcoin with Cash-In-Person

Bitcoin Everywhere Competition

Bitcoin Everywhere Submissions

How to Convert Bitcoin to Naira

February 26, 2021

Buy Bitcoin in Nigeria & Exchange with the World

February 9, 2021

5 Tips Before You Trade Bitcoin P2P

February 5, 2021

Handling Gift Card Disputes when Trading Bitcoin

February 4, 2021

The Beginners Guide to Buy Bitcoin P2P

January 26, 2021

LocalCoinSwap: The Whitepaper is Here to Stay

January 20, 2021

Polkadot Exchange FAQ

January 20, 2021

Trading Gift Cards for Bitcoin

January 18, 2021

Welcome Polkadot! Buy/Sell/Swap DOT on LocalCoinSwap

January 7, 2021

Trading Bitcoin in Singapore

January 6, 2021

Bitcoin in South Korea

January 6, 2021

Obscure Bitcoin Questions Answered

January 4, 2021

Non-Custodial Bitcoin Trading FAQ

January 1, 2021

7 Bitcoin Facts You Didn't Know About

2020

December 23, 2020

How to Pay Bills with Bitcoin

December 7, 2020

Fast Crypto Swaps Come to LocalCoinSwap

November 23, 2020

Flash Interview #4: P2P Trading Tips from Chelsean

November 1, 2020

Make Money Trading Bitcoin Peer-to-Peer

October 27, 2020

Buy Bitcoin With Your Bank Account

October 27, 2020

How to Buy Dash Worldwide

October 27, 2020

Quick Guide to Buying DAI

October 27, 2020

The Best Way to Buy USDT Fast

October 27, 2020

Trading P2P is the Best Way to Buy USDC

October 10, 2020

How to Buy Ethereum With Ease

October 8, 2020

Buy a Small Amount of Bitcoin Fast

October 8, 2020

Can You Get Paid in Bitcoin?

October 8, 2020

How to Buy Bitcoin With Venmo

October 6, 2020

Exploring Non-Custodial Bitcoin Escrow

October 1, 2020

LocalCoinSwap: Non-Custodial Bitcoin Trading Now Live

September 30, 2020

Trade Kusama (KSM): Buy & Sell P2P

September 28, 2020

First P2P Trading of Kusama on LocalCoinSwap

September 28, 2020

What Can I Buy With Bitcoin?

September 21, 2020

LocalCoinSwap Launches Non-Custodial Trading of Kusama (KSM)

September 17, 2020

How to Find the Best Bitcoin News

September 7, 2020

Buy Bitcoin With Cash

September 7, 2020

How to Buy Bitcoin P2P - FAQ

September 7, 2020

How to Cash Out Bitcoin

September 7, 2020

How to Give Bitcoin as a Gift

September 7, 2020

How to Short Bitcoin Without Leverage

September 2, 2020

Dedicated Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack

August 27, 2020

How to Sell ERC20 Tokens on LocalCoinSwap

August 20, 2020

Beginners Guide to Bitcoin ATMs

August 18, 2020

LocalCoinSwap API: Relaunched & Refactored

August 11, 2020

The World of Bitcoin: Australia

August 11, 2020

Why Bitcoin is Not a Bubble or a Tulip Bulb

August 10, 2020

Bitcoin and countries like ours

August 10, 2020

Dusting Attacks: The Gift You Don't Want

Project Update: July 2020

Breaking Down Blockchain Oracles

Getting Started with Crypto Arbitrage

Top 10 Ways to Earn Crypto

The Different Types of Cryptocurrency

Flash Interview #3: P2P Trading Tips from Stefanny26

Bitcoin: How to classify it?

How to Research Cryptocurrency

How to Buy Bitcoin With PayPal

How You Can Make an Ethereum Token

How Long Do Bitcoin Transactions Take?

The Best Cryptocurrency Portfolio Trackers

Yield Farming

Buy Ethereum with Cash

Surviving with Bitcoin in Venezuela

Flash Interview #2: P2P Trading Tips from Bricklecoins

Bitcoin: Scarcity in an infinite world

LocalCoinSwap builds on Kusama

8 Bitcoin Facts You Didn't Know - Part 2

Buy Bitcoin Safely: How The Escrow System From LocalCoinSwap Protects You?

Project update: May 2020

Bitcoin - How to Start in 5 Steps

Bitcoin and Crypto wallet 101

New P2P Feature: Filter offers by recently online

Bitcoin Halving and its effect on the bitcoin price?

Pre-funding not required. Keep your crypto where you feel safe!

How to Avoid Scams When Trading P2P

Pros and Cons of Using Cryptocurrency Credit Cards

The Value Of Reputation Over Verification

How does Coronavirus affect the price of bitcoin?

The effects of QE on the price of BTC

February 3, 2020

LocalCoinSwap launches non-custodial Tether trading

January 24, 2020

ENS now supported on LocalCoinSwap

January 22, 2020

BECH32 support on LocalCoinSwap

January 16, 2020

LocalCoinSwap Launches Non-Custodial trading: ETH and ERC20s

2019

December 31, 2019

2019 - A Year in Review

December 18, 2019

Announcement: Upcoming Non-Custodial Account Upgrade: 23rd December 2019

December 6, 2019

LocalCoinSwap joins the first-ever NFT advent calendar 🎅🏿🎅

November 29, 2019

New P2P Feature: The ability to add profile pictures

November 27, 2019

Black Friday Promotion 2019!

November 18, 2019

Tutorial: How to Buy Bitcoin with Tinkoff on LocalCoinSwap

November 13, 2019

New Payment Method: 'Tinkoff' Added to LocalCoinSwap

November 12, 2019

New P2P Feature: The ability to cancel trades

October 23, 2019

<DevTalks: /> October 2019

October 23, 2019

Halloween BTC Giveaway 2019

October 22, 2019

New P2P Feature: Duplicate a trade

October 11, 2019

Flash Interview #1: P2P Trading Tips from BitcoinBabe

October 8, 2019

New P2P feature: Increased location precision for your trades

October 4, 2019

Tutorial: How to buy Bitcoin using EcoCash on LocalCoinSwap

October 2, 2019

New Payment Method: 'EcoCash' Added to LocalCoinSwap

October 1, 2019

How to buy bitcoin with Paypal on LocalCoinSwap

September 27, 2019

<DevTalks: /> September 2019

September 18, 2019

New P2P Feature: Telegram Notifications for new trades and messages on LocalCoinSwap

September 12, 2019

New P2P Feature: Push Notifications

August 29, 2019

<DevTalks: /> August 2019

August 27, 2019

Tutorial: How to Buy Bitcoin with Airtm on LocalCoinSwap

August 26, 2019

LocalCoinSwap Partners with Airtm and Offers 60% Off Trade Fees

August 26, 2019

New Payment Method: 'Airtm' Added to LocalCoinSwap

LocalCoinSwap Non-Custodial P2P Cryptocurrency Exchange FAQ

3 Ways to Buy Bitcoin with Cash in 2019

New P2P Feature: No Crypto Required to Post Sell Advertisements on LocalCoinSwap

<DevTalks: /> July 2019

Bitcoin Price Prediction Competition - July 2019

How to buy bitcoin with Sberbank on LocalCoinSwap

New Payment Method: 'Sberbank' Added to LocalCoinSwap

Buy or Sell Crypto P2P and WIN up to $850 USD in BTC in our P2P Trading Giveaway!

Country Insights: Buying & Selling Cryptocurrency in Kenya

<DevTalks: /> June 2019

Bitcoin Price Prediction Competition June 2019

NEXO Lets You Lend and Offers Passive Income

<DevTalks: /> May 2019

Become a LocalCoinSwap P2P Ambassador!

<DevTalks: /> April 2019

April Launch Promo: Buy or Sell $100 USD and Receive $5 USD in BTC FREE!

Step by Step Tutorial on How to Buy Bitcoin with LocalCoinSwap

Quick Guide to Buying Bitcoin With LocalCoinSwap

LocalCoinSwap Partners With NEXO to Bring Crypto Lending to a P2P Exchange

<DevTalks: /> March 2019

P2P Security Tips: How to Stay Safe When Buying & Selling Cryptocurrency on a P2P exchange

February 8, 2019

Country Insights: Buying and Selling Cryptocurrency in India

January 23, 2019

<DevTalks: /> January 2019

January 22, 2019

250+ Payment Methods You Can Use To Buy Or Sell Cryptocurrency Peer-to-Peer (P2P) on LocalCoinSwap

2018

December 31, 2018

2018, A Year In Review

December 21, 2018

<DevTalks: /> December 2018

December 19, 2018

7 Reasons Why Privacy Matters

December 19, 2018

Digital Cash Meets P2P Trading With Dash

December 17, 2018

P2P Trading with Monero (XMR) - Private, Secure and Untraceable

December 14, 2018

Crypto Spotlight: A Guide to Tether's USDT and P2P Trading

December 7, 2018

Bringing XRP to P2P Trading

November 29, 2018

Meet The Team - Oleksii Shnyra

November 26, 2018

LocalCoinSwap Release Notes: Version 0.3.1 (November 26, 2018)

November 19, 2018

LocalCoinSwap Release Notes: Version 0.3.0 (November 19, 2018)

November 16, 2018

Bitcoin Mining and Energy

November 12, 2018

LocalCoinSwap Release Notes: Version 0.2.9 (November 12, 2018)

November 9, 2018

Redrawing the Global Financial Map: How Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain are Changing the Balance of Power.

November 5, 2018

Inclusive Adoption With Peer To Peer Trading

November 5, 2018

LocalCoinSwap Release Notes: Version 0.2.8 (November 5, 2018)

October 29, 2018

LocalCoinSwap Release Notes: Version 0.2.7 (October 29, 2018)

October 27, 2018

Multi-factor Authentication: Securing your account on LocalCoinSwap and across the Cryptoverse

October 26, 2018

A Strong Duo Enter The Arena

October 26, 2018

LocalCoinSwap Joins Delta Direct

October 22, 2018

LocalCoinSwap Release Notes: Version 0.2.6 (October 22, 2018)

October 17, 2018

LocalCoinSwap Partners with TopICOList To Find The Best ICO Projects

October 16, 2018

LocalCoinSwap Release Notes: Version 0.2.5 (October 15, 2018)

October 10, 2018

Cryptos in Space!

October 10, 2018

New Additions To The Family

October 8, 2018

LocalCoinSwap Release Notes: Version 0.2.4 (October 8, 2018)

October 4, 2018

LocalCoinSwap - Community, Crypto & Beer Can Ships…

October 1, 2018

LocalCoinSwap Release Notes: Version 0.2.3 (October 1, 2018)

September 24, 2018

LocalCoinSwap Release Notes: Version 0.2.2 (September 24, 2018)

September 17, 2018

LocalCoinSwap Release Notes: Version 0.2.1 (September 17, 2018)

September 6, 2018

How to apply to get listed on LocalCoinSwap

August 27, 2018

Are you ready to represent LocalCoinSwap to the world?

August 20, 2018

The ‘Brand New’ LocalCoinSwap

August 15, 2018

Changing faces of an evolving exchange

Alpha impressions: earliest feedback from the new LocalCoinSwap exchange platform

The transformative role of blockchain technology for financial inclusion

Cryptolending: be a borrower and a lender on the blockchain

Balancing the books - from BC Babylonia to Bitcoin and beyond

The perfect balance - how stablecoins are tackling crypto price volatility

“Make money while you sleep!” and other wild claims.

Tokenizing All The Things

The coldest custody: institutional-grade solutions to cryptoasset security

A decentralized future for Litecoin?

Can the Lightning Network solve Bitcoin's scalability problems?

Money in mind: radical remembering, for extreme crypto survival

Policy, preciousness or proof: which is best, as a basis for money?

The Rai of Yap: An economics lesson from history

LocalCoinSwap announces new financial advisor - Mario Innecco

Pseudonymisation and the Blockchain: why would an honest person need a privacy coin?

February 23, 2018

Stop viewing cryptocurrencies the same as stocks

February 20, 2018

The banks’ “new” payment system

February 10, 2018

A point of inflection?

February 4, 2018

Everything starts with an idea