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From beer to Bitcoin as legal tender: a BTC education in Roatán

21.4.2022
How a small-scale Bitcoin education project involving a former brewery collided with plans for Bitcoin as de facto legal tender

Argentina Launches Regulatory Sandbox for Crypto Innovators & Investors

21.4.2022
Argentina is edging toward crypto regulation – as well as further adoption – with a new “innovation hub” that will allow regulators, investors, and crypto startups to work together.... Read More: Argentina Launches Regulatory Sandbox for Crypto Innovators & Investors

The world doesn’t need banks, policymakers or NGOs — It needs DeFi

17.4.2022
DeFi can usher in a system where people don’t have to pay international corporations 10% to send money home in the internet era of Web3

Brazilian Parliament Heading for Key Vote on Crypto Regulation Bill

15.4.2022
An ambitious private member’s bill that seeks to regulate the Brazilian crypto market could be approved by the National Congress before the end of the first half of this year – with MPs set for a key vote on Tuesday next week.... Read More: Brazilian Parliament Heading for Key Vote on Crypto...

Bitcoin 2022 Miami: Conference recap and major themes

14.4.2022
The four-day event brought together developers, business leaders, policymakers and builders of the Bitcoin economy

Top Latin America delivery app to accept crypto

14.4.2022
The company has partnered with Bitso and Bitpay to allow its users to pay for orders with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

Brazilian Senate announces incoming approval of the ‘Bitcoin law’

13.4.2022
The law will allow the President of Brazil to designate or create a regulatory agency to oversee the crypto market

Small Argentine Town Turns to Crypto Mining to Pay for Improvements

12.4.2022
A small town in rural Argentina has decided to invest in crypto mining hardware in a bid to raise money to pay for improved rail connections and “beat inflation.” Ambito reported that the initiative is being pioneered by a group headed by Juan Pio Drovetta, the Mayor of Serodino, a town...

Bitcoin Lags Behind Ethereum & Altcoins Despite Strike, Robinhood, and Legal Tender News

8.4.2022
The bitcoin (BTC) price lagged behind ethereum (ETH) and other major altcoins today, despite a series of bullish news announcements coming from the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, USA. At 09:50 UTC on Friday, BTC stood at USD 43,644, up just 0.6% for the past 24 hours and down 4% for the past...

Why is a Guatemalan Mayor mining Bitcoin? Tackling FUD with biogas and BTC

4.4.2022
A Bitcoin project in Guatemala has cleaned up the air, contributed to carbon-negative Bitcoin mining and put a Bitcoin miner in the hands of the local mayor

About 50% of Surveyed Crypto Owners Made Their First Buy in 2021 - Gemini

4.4.2022
Nearly half of the surveyed crypto owners made their first crypto purchase last year, according to a survey commissioned by crypto exchange Gemini. Specifically, some 50% of cryptoasset owners from the US, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific region bought their very first crypto in 2021,...

Coinbase Set to Close Deal to Acquire 2TM, Parent Company of Latam’s Biggest Exchange, Mercado Bitcoin

29.3.2022
Coinbase, a leading U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, is reportedly close to acquiring 2TM, the unicorn company that owns Mercado Bitcoin, the biggest crypto exchange in Latin America (Latam). The exchange has reportedly been in talks to acquire the company since last year, and the deal could...

Coinbase to reportedly buy the $2.2B Brazilian unicorn behind Mercado Bitcoin

28.3.2022
A Brazilian newspaper, Estadão, reported that Coinbase could complete the acquisition of $2.2 billion 2TM, the company behind Mercado Bitcoin, by April

Coinbase Reportedly Nears Mercado Bitcoin Purchase as Binance Readies Rio Expansion

28.3.2022
Crypto exchange giants Coinbase and Binance could be set to go head-to-head with their expansion plans in Brazil. The former is reportedly eyeing a major M&A deal to buy one of the biggest crypto exchange platforms in the Latin America region, while Binance has confirmed it will open its...

Bitcoin is 'not regulated' — Honduras' central bank pushes back against legal tender rumors

23.3.2022
The central bank said “for the time being” Bitcoin was not regulated in the country, but it was exploring the feasibility of introducing a CBDC

Fight for Bitcoin: Brazilian UFC star to receive fight earnings in BTC

22.3.2022
UFC fighter Matheus Nicolau is moving to the Bitcoin paycheck to hedge against inflation and secure the value of his hard work

Panama Eyes Bitcoin & Crypto to Spark Tech Investment

22.3.2022
Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto adoption on a state level may soon extend beyond El Salvador, with politicians elsewhere in the Americas – and even one European royal – mulling moves that could see the cryptocurrency brought into their financial systems in some form or other.... Read More: Panama Eyes...