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Latam Insights: Paraguay’s Bitcoin Legal Tender Hack, Brazil’s Crypto Tax Update
15.6.2025
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña gets hacked, Brazil updates its crypto taxation regime, and crypto remittances fell 45% in El Salvador. No One Fell...
No One Fell for It: Paraguay’s Bitcoin Legal Tender Announcement Was a Zero-Sum Hack
10.6.2025
A recent social media post by President Santiago Peña announcing the enactment of bitcoin as Paraguay’s legal tender, shook the crypto community. Nonetheless, this turned out to be a scheme by attackers who gained control of the account and tried to take advantage. Attackers Compromise Paraguay’s...
Paraguay warns of ‘irregular activity’ after post claiming BTC is legal tender
9.6.2025
An X post by Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña claimed the country had recognized Bitcoin as legal tender, but the official government account soon urged users to “dismiss any recently published content.”
Paraguay warns of ‘irregular activity’ after post claiming BTC is legal tender
9.6.2025
An X post by Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña claimed the country had recognized Bitcoin as legal tender, but the official government account soon urged users to “dismiss any recently published content.”
El Salvador Dispatch: The Origins of the Bitcoin Experiment
14.2.2025
El Zonte inspired Bukele to make bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador. CoinDesk visited the surfing village to see how it’s developing
El Salvador Complies With IMF Requirements: Bitcoin Legal Tender Status Withdrawn
31.1.2025
Congress passed a reform that modifies the so-called “Bitcoin Law” in El Salvador to comply with the stipulated requirements in the deal inked with the IMF last year. These modifications prepare the country to receive $1.4 billion in a credit facility. El Salvador Passes Bitcoin...
Tether files lawsuit against Swan Bitcoin over joint venture dispute
15.1.2025
Tether confirmed to Cointelegraph that it had sued Swan Bitcoin over alleged contract breaches in a joint Bitcoin mining venture
Tether files lawsuit against Swan Bitcoin over joint venture dispute
15.1.2025
Tether confirmed to Cointelegraph that it had sued Swan Bitcoin over alleged contract breaches in a joint Bitcoin mining venture
Tether files lawsuit against Swan Bitcoin over joint venture dispute
15.1.2025
Tether confirmed to Cointelegraph that it had sued Swan Bitcoin over alleged contract breaches in a joint Bitcoin mining venture
Tether files lawsuit against Swan Bitcoin over joint venture dispute
15.1.2025
Tether confirmed to Cointelegraph that it had sued Swan Bitcoin over alleged contract breaches in a joint Bitcoin mining venture
Tether files lawsuit against Swan Bitcoin over joint venture dispute
15.1.2025
Tether confirmed to Cointelegraph that it had sued Swan Bitcoin over alleged contract breaches in a joint Bitcoin mining venture
Tether files lawsuit against Swan Bitcoin over joint venture dispute
15.1.2025
Tether confirmed to Cointelegraph that it had sued Swan Bitcoin over alleged contract breaches in a joint Bitcoin mining venture
Tether files lawsuit against Swan Bitcoin over joint venture dispute
15.1.2025
Tether confirmed to Cointelegraph that it had sued Swan Bitcoin over alleged contract breaches in a joint Bitcoin mining venture
Suriname the next Bitcoin Nation? Crypto inspires Parbhoe to fight corruption
25.11.2024
Suriname’s new presidential candidate Parbhoe wants a deeper Bitcoin nation than Nayib Bukele’s El Salvador.
El Salvador Will Keep Buying 1 Bitcoin Daily Until BTC ‘Becomes Unaffordable’ With Fiat Currencies, Says President Bukele
17.3.2024
El Salvador has been buying one bitcoin a day since 2022, according to President Nayib Bukele, who confirmed that his country’s “1 bitcoin a day program” will continue until the cryptocurrency “becomes unaffordable with fiat currencies.” The bitcoins acquired from...
El Salvador Moves ‘Big Chunk’ of Its BTC to Cold Wallet — President Bukele Says ‘Call It Our First Bitcoin Piggy Bank’
16.3.2024
El Salvador has transferred “a big chunk” of its bitcoin holdings to a cold wallet, President Nayib Bukele has announced. “You can call it our first bitcoin piggy bank,” he said. As of writing, the wallet’s balance totals approximately 5,690 bitcoins. El Salvador...
Bitcoin Pioneer Nayib Bukele Reelected in El Salvador by a Landslide
5.2.2024
President Nayib Bukele, a pioneer in introducing the law that made bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador, has been reelected as president of the country in the ballot completed on Sunday. The Latam leader, who will reportedly continue implementing bitcoin-related policies, won by a landslide, scoring...
Argentine Foreign Minister: Financial Contracts Can Now Be Denominated in BTC
24.12.2023
According to Argentina’s Foreign Minister, financial contracts can now be denominated in bitcoin or any other medium of exchange that the parties to the contract so choose. In addition, debtors will be obligated to “deliver the corresponding amount of the designated currency, whether...
German MP Joana Cotar Advocates for Bitcoin to Be Recognized as Legal Tender in Germany
17.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock/takashi tamiya German Bundestag member Joana Cotar has expressed his support for recognizing Bitcoin (BTC) as a legal tender in the country. In a recent interview, Cotar shared her ambitions to bring Bitcoin into the mainstream of German finance and discussed her plans...
OCCRP Investigation Alleges Bukele Embezzled $200 Million for Bitcoin Projects in El Salvador
2.11.2023
An investigation led by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) alleges that Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador, deviated hundreds of millions of dollars granted by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) to develop the project of making bitcoin legal...