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Ripio Launches Visa Bitcoin Cashback Crypto Card in Brazil
26.8.2022
The Argentinian crypto firm Ripio has unveiled a Visa card in Brazil that lets its users pay in crypto – and receive bitcoin (BTC) cashback rewards. The card is a prepaid debit card that can be used with any merchant who accepts Visa payments.
The card will be compatible with all 28 of the tokens...
Argentinian Presidential Hopeful Reportedly Faces Crypto Scam Promotion Wrap
23.8.2022
A group of Argentine crypto investors have launched a lawsuit against Javier Milei, an outspoken MP and bitcoin (BTC) advocate who wants to run for president.
The media outlet Clarín reported that a lawyer named Juan Pablo Chiesa, who is representing the group, says that the investors lost around...
LATAM’s New Crypto Mining ‘Promised Land’: Pluses & Minuses for Paraguay
23.8.2022
Paraguay has become a “new Latin American Mecca for cryptocurrency mining,” a new report has claimed – but not everyone seems to be happy about the fact that more miners than ever are choosing to set up shop in the nation....
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E-Commerce Giant Mercado Libre Debuts an Ethereum-powered Coin in Brazil
19.8.2022
The Latin American e-commerce heavyweight Mercado Libre has rolled out its own cryptoasset – named Mercado Coin – in Brazil.
The move is the latest in a series of bullish crypto-related moves from the company, which is often touted as the LATM region’s answer to Amazon. Last year, the company...
E-Commerce Giant MercadoLibre Introduces Cryptocurrency in Brazil, Plans Wider Latin America Use
18.8.2022
Mercado Coin will allow the company’s 80 million users to make purchases and receive cashback
BNB Chain aims to raise 30K new Web3 developers across Latin America in 2022
17.8.2022
BNB Chain prepares to launch a Web3 development course for Latin American students as the region continues to be a hub for adoption and crypto-related activity
Panamanian Regulator May ‘Swing the Ax’ after Bitcoin-friendly Bank Bans Use of Crypto Mixers
12.8.2022
Panama’s “bitcoin (BTC) and crypto-friendly” bank Towerbank says it will bar its customers from making use of crypto mixers – in the wake of the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)’s move to sanction Tornado Cash earlier this month....
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Ripple Reportedly Eyes Celsius' Assets, New Crypto Rule from SEC, Risky Metaverse + More News
10.8.2022
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Decentralizing the Internet: How Wayru is Bringing People Together with Blockchain
10.8.2022
In 2011 the UN released a report declaring the internet a Human Right, but over a decade later millions of people in developing countries still lack the necessary means for a simple WiFi connection, many of which reside in Latin America. This is due to industry control by a few large Internet...
Mercado Libre to Expand Crypto Trading Across Latin America
9.8.2022
The company’s Mercado Pago digital wallet began allowing crypto buys and sells in Brazil in December, reaching 1 million users shortly thereafter
Global Professionals Increasingly Interested In Bitcoin & Crypto Payments - Report
5.8.2022
The ongoing market downturn has not discouraged professionals from taking payment in cryptoassets, as indicated by the latest report released by global payroll specialist Deel.
In the first half of 2022, crypto payments represented 5% of wages collected by cross-border professionals, up from...
Brazilian Cop Charged with Duping 23 Fellow Officers in ‘Crypto Pyramid Scam’
2.8.2022
A military police officer in the Brazilian state of Goiás is being tried for allegedly scamming fellow officers with a cryptoasset-themed scheme.
The media outlet Globo reported that the officer, named as Francisco de Assis Jesus dos Santos Soares de Oliveira, stands accused of defrauding some...
84% of Surveyed Brazilian High Earners Know What Crypto Is
1.8.2022
Crypto awareness is on the rise in Brazil, a new survey has found – particularly among higher-earning individuals....
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Craig Wright Wins One Pound, Bitcoin & Ethereum Flows, Ledger's Deal, Soulbound Binance + More News
1.8.2022
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Banking Giant Santander is Set to Offer Crypto Trading to Brazilians as Crypto 'Is Here to Stay'
29.7.2022
Banco Santander S.A., the Brazilian subsidiary of the Spanish Santander Group, plans to start offering crypto trading, possibly already this year.
The bank plans to start offering crypto-related services to its Brazilian customers “in the coming months,” reported Folha de S. Paulo, citing the...
IMF Predicts Latam to Grow 3% This Year, Despite Facing Economic Deceleration and Rising Inflation
29.7.2022
The International Monetary Fund is predicting that Latin America (Latam) will keep growing this year, reaching a growth rate of 3% even with all of the difficulties that the region is facing. The institution believes that the economic recovery that Latam is enjoying after the Covid-19 pandemic will...
Taiwan vs. Crypto, Uprise Might Compensate Some LUNA Losses + More News
22.7.2022
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Spanish Bit2Me Buys Peruvian Crypto Exchange, Eyes Targets in Latin America
21.7.2022
Following the acquisition of a majority stake in Fluyez, the company is looking for purchasing opportunities in Chile, Colombia and Uruguay
Bitcoin is for billions: Fedimint on scaling BTC in the global south
19.7.2022
A community custody protocol, Fedimint wants to scale the Bitcoin network to a billion users located in the global south
El Salvador Finance Chief Says USD 800M Debt Default Won’t Happen, Bukele Says BTC Is 'Inevitable'
15.7.2022
El Salvador’s finance minister says he is unworried by international markets forecasters’ predictions that the country will default on USD 800 million bond payments early next year.
ElSalvador.com, the website of the newspaper El Diario de Hoy, quoted minister Alejandro Zelaya as stating that...