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Stellar expands reach in Latin America with $3M investment in Settle Network

17.12.2020
The fourth investment of the year from the Stellar Development Foundation has gone into Settle Network, a Latin American stablecoin and payments provider

P2P Bitcoin Trading: Venezuela, Colombia Account for Over 23% of Total Localbitcoins Volume

15.12.2020
A study revealed a rising trend in bitcoin (btc) volume trading across Latin America amid the coronavirus pandemic and rising inflation, pushing the figures to record highs and putting Venezuela and Colombia at the top of the ranking. Latin America Sees a Bullish Trend in Bitcoin P2P Trading Volume...

Crypto Is Booming in Economically Challenged Argentina

14.12.2020
Argentina's crypto industry saw record trading volumes this year, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and economic hardship

Survey: 1 in 4 Senior Executives in Uruguay Have Used Cryptocurrencies

13.12.2020
A survey made in Uruguay across different business sectors revealed that 24% of the 49 senior executives (1 in 4) from companies in the country claimed to have used cryptocurrencies at any point in their lives. Senior Executives in Uruguay Reveal Their Level of Knowledge on Cryptocurrencies...

Crypto Remittances Prove Their Worth in Latin America

9.12.2020
Crypto remittances are growing in Latin America, particularly in the wake of other remittance platforms shutting off access to some markets

Coinbase-Backed Bitso Raises $62M to Expand Crypto Footprint in Brazil

9.12.2020
Latin American crypto exchange Bitso has raised a whopping $62 million funding round, the largest in the region for a digital asset firm

Chilean NGO Prepares Draft to Include Crypto in New Constitution — Releases ‘Scam Blacklist’

8.12.2020
A pro-Crypto Chilean NGO hosted a series of conferences on cryptocurrencies and blockchain topics for educational purposes, named Cryptonight 2020, where they announced the preparation of a proposal to submit it in the context of the drafting of a new constitution and the release of a crypto...

Bolivia Essentially Banned Crypto but Blockchain Advocates Are Pushing Back

4.12.2020
Bolivia is one of the rare countries that has essentially banned cryptocurrency, but the nation's blockchain advocates aren't giving up

Latin America’s Big Blockchain Opportunity

23.11.2020
Decentralizing the financial sector and putting trust in distributed ledgers means less reliance on the continent's corrupt intermediaries

WTO blockchain report says customs remains ‘weak link’ of trade digitalization

5.11.2020
Analysts have been categorizing blockchain projects worldwide into a “periodic table” that allows for a granular analysis of the technology’s inroads into global trade

Former Visa exec joins Crypto.com to drive Latin American market

28.10.2020
Traditional finance execs are increasingly moving into crypto positions

How a Decentralized Internet Can Power Latin America’s Economy

27.10.2020
Bitcoin, fintech and DeFi can help Latin America become an interconnected and inclusive regional economy

Traders on Paxful sell $16.2M of Bitcoin for discounted gift cards each week

23.10.2020
A new report has found almost half of all Bitcoin traded on the P2P exchange Paxful is exchanged for gift cards

This country accepts more retail crypto transactions than anywhere else in Latin America

5.10.2020
Venezuela may have the most crypto volume, but this country bests all of Latin America when it comes to retail crypto transactions

Venezuela Passes Law Legalizing Crypto Mining, Forces Miners to Join National Mining Pool

24.9.2020
Reports say Venezuela has now legalized bitcoin mining following the decree recently issued by the National Superintendency of Crypto Assets and Related Activities (Sunacrip). As part of the new regulations, all entities and individuals interested in legally mining bitcoin and other...

East Asia Dominates World’s Onchain Crypto Activity, Europe and North America Trail Behind

19.9.2020
Crypto activity continues to flourish worldwide, according to a new cryptocurrency adoption index published by the blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis. The researchers compile onchain digital currency retail value transferred, onchain crypto deposits, peer-to-peer exchange volume, and other...

Latin Americans Turn to Bitcoin as Local Fiat Currencies Plunge

8.9.2020
Latin Americans have embraced cryptocurrency as a store of value while their fiat currencies depreciate, a new report shows. Bitcoin adoption in the region is further driven by the lack of banking access and remittance needs. Latin American Bitcoin Adoption Blockchain data analytics firm...