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Worldcoin Claims Signups Soar in Argentina: 9.5K Users Verified in a Single Day
2.9.2023
The number of verifications for Worldcoin, the biometric digital ID and wallet project, has soared recently in Argentina, reaching a daily signup record in August. According to data provided by the project, Worldcoin verified 9,500 Argentine users in a single day, with only four verification...
Missing crypto millionaire found dismembered in suitcase: Report
28.7.2023
Fernando Pérez Algaba reportedly ran a crypto trading business in Argentina and is suspected to have been murdered by a professional outfit
Yuan Usage Soars in Argentina: Over 500 Companies Request to Pay for Imports in Chinese Currency, Report
27.6.2023
Over 500 companies in Argentina have reportedly requested to pay for imports using Chinese yuan as the U.S. dollar shortage worsens. “The central bank doesn’t have dollars so it needs the emergency aid China is offering,” a trade economist in Buenos Aires explained. Chinese Yuan Usage Hits Record...
Bitget Celebrates Messi’s Birthday with Graffiti Wall in His Hometown
24.6.2023
PRESS RELEASE. VICTORIA, Seychelles, June 24, 2023 — Bitget, top crypto derivatives and copy trading platform, is honoring its official partner and soccer legend Lionel Messi’s birthday on June 24 in a unique and artistic manner. As a gesture of appreciation, Bitget has commissioned...
Buenos Aires to Tax Cryptocurrency Mining in 2023
23.12.2022
The province of Buenos Aires in Argentina will begin taxing cryptocurrency mining and possibly staking, in 2023. A new proposal modifies the tax law to introduce cryptocurrency mining as a taxable activity that will levy 4% on the income calculated via these operations. However, it is still unclear...
Argentina Organizes National Blockchain Committee to Implement State Level Strategy
10.12.2022
The government of Argentina has designated a national blockchain committee in order to establish the directives for a state-level blockchain adoption strategy. In a document, Argentina remarks on the importance of this tech for the future and presents several use cases that would benefit from...
Brazilian City of Curitiba Mulls Crypto Acceptance for Tax Payments
17.10.2022
The city of Curitiba, in Brazil, is now studying the possibility of accepting cryptocurrency payments for taxes. Noemia Rocha, a city councilor for Curitiba, presented this project to the executive to study the method by which the municipality could accept cryptocurrencies for these payments using...
Buenos Aires Might Implement Blockchain Systems to Make Social Aid Payments
12.9.2022
Dario Nieto, a lawmaker in the city of Buenos Aires, has introduced a bill that would use blockchain systems to make social aid payments in order to bring clarity to these activities. Nieto has complained about the different intermediaries that use these social campaigns to make money and...
Argentinian Province Mendoza Starts Accepting Tax Payments in Crypto
29.8.2022
Mendoza, an Argentinian province, has implemented a system that allows taxpayers to pay their taxes fully with cryptocurrencies. The system, which was launched this week, is part of a strategic push for the modernization and digitalization of payments carried by the tax authority of Mendoza...
Buenos Aires to Run Ethereum Nodes by 2023
15.8.2022
The city of Buenos Aires will deploy a number of Ethereum validator nodes in 2023. The statements were made by Diego Fernandez, secretary of Innovation and Digital Transformation of the city, who clarified this deployment will pursue exploratory and regulatory purposes and will help the city...
Buenos Aires implementará nodos validadores de Ethereum en 2023
12.8.2022
La iniciativa tiene como objetivo investigar y desarrollar una regulación adaptativa para el ecosistema cripto, dijo el gobierno
Buenos Aires to Deploy Ethereum Validator Nodes in 2023
11.8.2022
The initiative aims to research and develop adaptive regulation for the crypto ecosystem, the government said
This Buenos Aires Evangelist Offers Tours to Expound Bitcoin, Tourists Love It
24.6.2022
After having his savings confiscated by Argentina twice, Jerónimo Ferrer discovered bitcoin. And he made his story into a tour with hundreds of visitors and high ratings
Buenos Aires to accept crypto for tax payments, launch DLT-backed citizen profiles
28.4.2022
Blockchain and virtual currencies are set to become vital part of the Argentine capital’s 12-step digital transformation effort
La Ciudad de Buenos Aires habilitará el pago de impuestos con criptomonedas
26.4.2022
El gobierno de esa ciudad no recibirá criptomonedas, sino pesos argentinos, dijo el alcalde Horacio Rodríguez Larreta
Buenos Aires City to Allow Residents to Make Tax Payments With Crypto
26.4.2022
The crypto will be converted to Argentine pesos by crypto firms before being handed over to the city, said Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta
Buenos Aires Confirms It Plans to Allow Citizens to Pay Taxes With Cryptocurrency
26.4.2022
Horacio Larreta, the head of the government of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, confirmed that the city will allow its citizens to pay some taxes with cryptocurrencies. This is part of a digitization plan that the city has named “Buenos Aires+” that seeks to simplify...
Buenos Aires to Launch a Self-Sovereign Digital Identity Protocol
31.3.2022
The framework is expected to be operational no later than the first quarter of 2023, according to a city official
From Buenos Aires to Beirut – Covid-19 Excuse Restricts Millions of Citizens from Withdrawing Their Own Money
18.5.2020
The coronavirus and the government-induced lockdowns have wreaked havoc on the global economy and millions of people can’t access their own money. Reports from financial stricken areas like Venezuela, Argentina, and Lebanon show that citizens are being stopped from accessing their...
Capital Controls in Argentina Demonstrate Dangers of Government-Controlled Money
5.9.2019
The current financial system, with governments and central banks controlling the flow of money, creates impediments for people’s economic freedom. Among them is the danger that the ruling class will try to hide its mismanagement of the country’s affairs by preventing people from voting...