it seems like each time there is a spike in the volume that localbitcoins reports, one of these yellow news sites writes an article about how there is something "big" going on over in that country as if that's a thing. most of the times the volume is not even that high, in this case $1.6 mil is somewhat high but still not something to get excited about not to mention LBC's reports aren't that reliable to begin with.
given their harsh new KYC policies and the removal of p2p cash trades (which could easily be done outside the escrow system) i reckon their volume numbers are more reliable than ever before.
but yeah 173 bitcoins traded over
a week is piddly. definitely nothing to get excited about.
It’s good that the trading volume is increasing, this shows the interest of Bitcoins. I think it’s better to invest in Bitcoin now. I expect that in the spring of 2020, the price of Bitcoin will be more than $ 14,000.