Make sure you have a Bitcoin wallet before you buy since some of the exchanges below require one. Buy Bitcoin Worldwide does not promote, facilitate or engage in futures, options contracts or any other form of derivatives trading. The exchanges mentioned above LocalBitcoins, Wall of Coins, and Bitquick all work in almost the same way. We do research on every exchange we list and are very careful not to include scam exchanges on our site. This commission officially classified Bitcoin as a commodity towards the end of — this classification meant that Bitcoin would be liable to taxation by the Internal Revenue Service as it was categorized as property. LocalBitcoins is an escrow service which also helps to match bitcoin buyers and sellers. Gemini is supported in the following countries and states.