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Latam Insights Encore: Colombia’s Toughest Battle: Introducing a CBDC
27.5.2025
Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and crypto news from the past week. This edition explores how Colombia faces a difficult task in introducing a CBDC to modernize the financial system in a country where cash is still king. Latam Insights...
Report: Colombia Running CBDC Pilot on Cosmos
22.5.2025
According to Maghnus Mareneck, co-CEO of Interchain Labs, the Colombian government will be testing a still-unannounced CBDC on the Cosmos network. Colombia aims to target cross-border payments with this new CBDC, which has just emerged from stealth with this announcement. Colombia Hops Onto...
Ripple Taps XRP Ledger to Boost Income for Farmers
18.5.2025
Ripple is unleashing the XRP Ledger to revolutionize Colombia’s farming economy, powering traceability, sustainability premiums, and microfinance access for smallholder farmers. Ripple Leverages XRP Ledger to Support Colombian Farmers With Blockchain and Microfinance Ripple announced on May 15...
Cryptocurrency Law Project Reintroduced in Colombia
7.3.2025
The initiative seeks to bring clarity to the cryptocurrency industry in Colombia, which is currently in a gray area despite growing adoption. Proponents of the project have remarked on the need to define an institution to oversee these activities and establish rules for institutions to follow....
How SenseiNode Is Building Proof-of-Stake Infrastructure in Latin America
27.2.2025
Staking service provider SenseiNode operates from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Costa Rica and Colombia
The Trump Administration Debuts Tariffs as a Trade Warfare Tool: Colombia Sheds First Blood
28.1.2025
The Trump Administration has debuted the use of one of its strongest weapons, the spending power of the American people, against Colombia. With a sweeping tariffs announcement, Trump compelled the Colombian government to accept repatriation flights, ending a 1-day crisis swiftly. Tariffs, Tariffs...
UK, Colombia crypto exchanges linked in TD Bank record fine
14.10.2024
TD Bank facilitated more than $1 billion worth of bank transfers from two international crypto platforms, according to FinCEN
Australia, Canada and Colombia were right to pause CBDC plans
10.10.2024
Maybe CBDCs are less inevitable than some people think
Colombian Data Protection Authority Formulates Charges Against Worldcoin
25.8.2024
The Colombian Industry and Commerce Superintendence (SIC), the personal data protection authority of the country, has formulated charges against Worldcoin, the biometric digital ID project, for violations of the personal data regime. The institution stated that the accusation focuses on determining...
Colombia's Regulator Notifies Worldcoin of Alleged Data Violation
22.8.2024
Worldcoin is currently collecting data of individuals with its Orb device in 25 locations of the Latin American country
Binance Survey: Half of All Latin American Crypto Users Treat It as a Long-Term Investment
30.7.2024
A survey conducted by Binance revealed that more than half of all cryptocurrency users in Latin America utilize crypto as a long-term investment, choosing to hold onto their digital assets. The survey, which polled 10,000 users from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, indicates that the number...
Nubank brings Bitcoin Lightning to its 100M Latin American customers
26.6.2024
Lightspark will also integrate the Universal Money Address standard for Nubank, which gives an email-like address for users to send and receive money
Worldcoin Officially Launches in Colombia
1.6.2024
Worldcoin, the iris-scanning biometric proof-of-personhood project, announced on Thursday the launch of its operations in Colombia. Via social media, the project reported that eye-scanning operations were already available in Bogota and Medellin, for World ID users. Currently, only ten locations...
Latam Insights: Illegal Crypto Crackdown in Argentina, Bancolombia Launches Crypto Exchange
13.5.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Argentine authorities crack down on illegal crypto investment scam, Bancolombia launches cryptocurrency exchange Wenia, and Genesis Digital Assets announces...
Money Expo Colombia welcomes Multibank Company as exhibitor for 2024 event
9.5.2024
Money Expo Colombia, the premier finance event in LATAM, is thrilled to announce that Multibank Company will be joining as a Diamond Sponsor at this year’s event. Money Expo Colombia brings together industry leaders, investors, and professionals for two days of networking, education,...
Colombia’s Bancolombia Launches Crypto Exchange Wenia and Stablecoin COPW
7.5.2024
Wenia, a new crypto exchange by Colombia's Bancolombia bank, launches with the COPW stablecoin, pegged to the Colombian peso. The platform allows trading in various cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ether, and Polygon. This development aligns with Colombia's rising prominence in Latin America's c...
Leading Colombian bank launches crypto exchange and peso stablecoin
7.5.2024
The Colombian bank behind the crypto exchange claimed the platform was created after nearly a decade of study and research
Leading Colombian Conglomerate Bancolombia Launches Crypto Exchange, Introduces Peso Stablecoin
7.5.2024
Bancolombia Group, one of the leading banks in Latin America and the biggest bank in Colombia, is entering the crypto business with the launch of Wenia, a cryptocurrency exchange. Wenia seeks to disrupt Bitso’s and Binance’s dominance in the cryptocurrency exchange industry in Colombia...
Latam Insights: Argentina’s MIlei Blasts Collectivism at Davos, Venezuelan Petro Still Alive
22.1.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Argentine President Javier Milei warns about the dangers of collectivism at Davos, the Venezuelan petro is still alive, and Colombia works to regulate...
Latam Insights: Colombian President Meets Blockchain Experts, Brazil Passes 15% Tax for Foreign Crypto Investments
4.12.2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: the Colombian president met with a group of blockchain proponents, the Brazilian Senate passed a law taxing investments in foreign exchanges, and the Fintech...