It's definitely odd to see both of them close shop so quickly and so close to one another.
According to ["A message from Ray"](https://paxful.com/sign-up-transition), Paxful is closing shop immediately!
Cal me paranoid but that feels like part of "chokepoint 2.0".
Paxful has more than 6 (or 5 or 10 ...) million users and is in business since almost 8 years.
The other day, Localbitcoins closed shop almost as hastily.
These two were the biggest P2P trading platforms.
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and without much of an explanation. Feels like gag orders in place.