In a previous article we present five of the ten platforms of exchange that serve to buy cryptocurrencies as bitcoin in Venezuela in exchange for the local currency, the bolivar. Here’s a look at five other: LocalCoinSwap, Hodl Hodl, AirTM, Cryptobuyer and Cryptia. In addition, you’ll be able to know a little more about Uphold, that allows to receive remittances and to protect the criptoactivos of the volatility of the market.
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LocalCoinSwap
This platform to trade peer-to-peer works in a manner similar to LocalBitcoins. The main difference is that it does not require the user to comply with a process KYC to use it. LocalCoinSwap is on the market since early this year and allows for the exchange of bolivars for a 23 cryptocurrencies different, such as BTC, ETH, XMR, DASH and USDT. Its creators promise to return the profits to the users of the platform, and includes a referral program to attract more users. However, due to their relative newness in the market, the offers to buy cryptocurrencies to change bolivars are reduced.LocalCoinSwap not request verification of identity to their users. Source: LocalCoinSwap.
Hodl Hodl
Hodl Hodl is a platform of exchange between pairs that differs from those reviewed until now to buy cryptocurrencies as bitcoin in Venezuela. The users do not perform the exchange directly with the platform, but each one provides the address of your portfolio that are located outside of it. To ensure the security of the transaction, Hodl Hodl generates a warranty contract multifirma (P2SH) unique to each transacción.De this way, the seller transfers the cryptocurrencies to the direction of the security deposit directly from your portfolio. Once the buyer pays the seller according to the payment method agreed, the seller releases the security deposit directly to the wallet of the buyer. In addition, the platform gives the option to users to use or not verification processes, KYC and AML at the time of creating a swap announcement: as it does not store any type of funds, the platform is not subject to this regulation. In addition, allows sellers to add a test that holds the funds you want to trade.Hodl Hodl does not require verification of the identity of the users to operate. Source: Hodl Hodl.Hodl Hodl offers users the possibility of participating in a market of predictions, it provides a desktop of OTC transactions for those users who trade in large amounts, and it has a referral program, in which the referrer earns a percentage of the interchange fee Hodl Hodl (which amounts to 0.6%) paid by your referral. This week, the platform released its source code, so that interested parties can create their own platforms in from of him.
AirTM
In the case of AirTM, the users do not interact among themselves, but buy the cryptocurrencies (as well as foreign currency) through the platform. To access this web page from Venezuela, it is advisable to activate a VPN to change the IP of the user. Some browsers, such as Opera or Brave, have a VPN integrated.To be able to buy cryptocurrencies as bitcoin in Venezuela through this platform, it is necessary to first acquire balance in dollars of AirTM. To do this, the user must make a deposit in bolivars and wait until the platform to find a buyer available. Regardless of the size of the deposit, the platform will charge a fixed fee of $ 0.30 calculated according to the rate of the day.To use AirTM, the users need to deposit the bolivars to the platform. Source: AirTM.Once the exchange is confirmed, you will have positive balance in your account AirTM and with this you can buy BTC, bitcoin cash (BCH), litecoin (LTC), zcash (SACS), ETH, monero (XMR), tether (USDT), dogecoin (DOGE), dash (DASH), ripple (XRP), ethereum classic (ETC). This balance is exchanged within the platform, and deposited in your wallet hot.
Cryptobuyer
Cryptobuyer works in a very similar way to AirTM, because users put their balance on the platform and he traded to acquire cryptocurrencies as bitcoin in Venezuela. However, the deposit in bolivars does not need to be changed to dollars. Once accredited, the user can acquire BTC, LTC and DASH. As Hodl Hodl, Cryptobuyer does not store the cryptocurrencies of the users, but the funds are transferred directly to their portfolios.It also allows the venezuelan people, the recharge balance of your mobile phone. Of the three operators operating in the country, users of Cryptobuyer can pay for the service of Digitel.Cryptobuyer also allows the recharging of cellular service. Source: Cryptobuyer.To access the platform, the user can log in with Facebook, Twitter, Google, or do it with your email address and password. At the time of registration, it is necessary to provide data for verification of identity. To do this, you must provide a national identity document or passport, proof of residence and a photo of the user holding your identification document.
Cryptia
Cryptia is another platform of venezuela, whose tax domicile is in Caracas, the capital city. Allows you to purchase, in exchange for venezuelan bolivars, BTC, ETH, ripple (XRP), DASH, LTC or petro (PTR). This last is the criptomoneda of the venezuelan government, and their trade in Cryptia could valerle to this house of change to be in the list of entities not authorised to trade in Spain, since the united States has threatened to impose penalties on entities that trade with this asset.To use Cryptia, the user must deposit their funds in bolivars to the platform and you will receive the cryptocurrencies in the portfolio that provides Cryptia. As it also applies to processes, know your customer and anti-money laundering legislation, as it follows the regulation of the government of venezuela by the Superintendencia Nacional de Criptoactivos (Sunacrip), the user must provide his or her identification document to verify your identity.
Bonus: Uphold
Uphold serves for the exchange between cryptocurrencies and currency fiat. Can be used for exchanging u.s. dollars (USD), euros (EUR), argentine peso (ARS), brazilian real (BRL), among other coins in fiat to change a dozen of cryptocurrencies, and it is useful at the time of receiving remittances in Venezuela.Some of the cryptocurrencies that supports Uphold. Source: Uphold.The cryptocurrencies available in Uphold are bitcoin (BTC), litecoin (LTC), ether (ETH), basic attention token (BAT), bitcoin cash (BCH), dash (DASH), bitcoin gold (BTG), ripple (XRP), LBA, universal bitcoin (UPBTC), universal dollar (UPUSD) and universal euro (UPEUR).This platform works as a bank in the cloud, therefore, users who fear the volatility of the cryptocurrencies (that is to say, the fluctuation of their prices) can freeze the funds in dollars so that these do not decrease if there is a market downturn (but neither will increase if there is an upside). To do this, Uphold calculates the dollar equivalent of the criptomoneda at the time of the freeze.Go to the previous article: discover 10 exchange platforms to buy cryptocurrencies in Venezuela – Part I.