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Latam Insights: Venezuela to Leverage USDT for Sidestepping Sanctions, Chivo Wallet Disregards Hacking Allegations
29.4.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Venezuelan oil company PDVSA could use USDT to sidestep U.S. sanctions, Chivo Wallet denies hacking allegations, and Nubank expands its crypto functionality...
Salvadoran Official Crypto Wallet Chivo Dismisses Alleged Hacking Event
25.4.2024
Chivo wallet, the official cryptocurrency wallet of El Salvador, has dismissed an alleged hack of the source code of its software and the data of over 5 million users linked to the wallet’s KYC procedures. According to Chivo, the data of Salvadorans is protected, and the security of its data...
Hackers Expose Code Of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Wallet App Chivo
24.4.2024
The government of El Salvador is yet to address the massive data hack against its Chivo wallet and ATMs.
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Latam Insights: Bitcoin Hurts El Salvador Credit Opportunities, Paraguay Supports Selling Power to Crypto Miners
15.4.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Bitcoin hinders El Salvador’s credit talks with the IMF, the Paraguayan Senate issues a statement supporting bitcoin miners, and Venezuela unveils...
US, UK, Germany Among Countries With Largest Government Crypto Holdings, Arkham’s Data Shows
14.4.2024
The United States, United Kingdom, and Germany rank among the top countries holding cryptocurrencies at the government level, according to data from Arkham Intelligence. The crypto analytic firm’s onchain analysis shows that the U.S. government holds 212,847 bitcoins while El Salvador...
Bitfinex Securities Launches Tokenized Debt for Hilton Hotel Construction in El Salvador
11.4.2024
Bitfinex Securities is spearheading an initiative to fund the development of a Hampton by Hilton hotel complex at El Salvador International Airport through a tokenized debt issue.
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Leaked Personal Info of Over 5 Million Salvadorans Apparently Linked to Chivo Wallet
11.4.2024
A database with the personal information of over 5 million Salvadorans was recently leaked in a data breach forum. The database, which has been around since August and has recently been linked to Chivo, El Salvador’s national cryptocurrency wallet, has 144GB of data, including the full name...
Bitfinex Securities Introduces El Salvador’s First Tokenized Debt to Fund New Hilton Hotel
11.4.2024
The token will be issued on the Liquid Network, a bitcoin sidechain
Bitcoin Reportedly Hindering El Salvador’s Credit Opportunities With the IMF
10.4.2024
Bitcoin and its adoption by the government of El Salvador have become a negative factor in the country’s negotiations with the IMF. According to reports, the institution demands changes to El Salvador’s Bitcoin law to receive a $1.4 billion credit line for expediting public debt...
Argentina President Milei Disappoints Some Bitcoiners as Crypto Registration Rule Begins
2.4.2024
The nation unveiled a mandatory registration process for cryptocurrency platforms
First Mover Americas: HSBC’s Gold Token Introduced in HK
27.3.2024
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for March 27, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Nayib Bukele Update on El Salvador Bitcoin Holdings Shows Growing Stack
26.3.2024
At the current price just above $70,000, the nation now holds about $400 million worth of bitcoin
El Salvador Keeps Buying BTC, Top BTC Mining Rigs, Blackrock’s New ‘BUIDL’ Fund, and More — Week in Review
24.3.2024
El Salvador continues its daily bitcoin purchases, aiming to keep buying until the cryptocurrency becomes too expensive. The top 10 bitcoin mining rigs of 2024 show significant profit margins due to recent value increases. Blackrock, has submitted a form to the SEC for the initiation of a tokenized...
El Salvador Doubles Down on Bitcoin
22.3.2024
The country is setting a precedent for others to follow, Moonwalker Capital Tatiana Koffman writes
DOJ Charges Texas Man for Orchestrating $10 Million Meta-1 Coin Scam
21.3.2024
Texas resident Robert Dunlap has been arrested on federal mail fraud charges in connection with the “Meta-1 Coin” scam that saw investors drained of over $10 million, the Department of Justice reveals. The alleged fraudster had claimed the token was backed by $44 billion in gold and priceless...
Bitcoin: Mixed signals – Investment spree, stock slump, and El Salvador’s reliance
20.3.2024
Bitcoin is down by 4.465 in the last 24 hours and 14.80% in the last 7 days at the time of writing this article. There are now two ways to look at this situation: investors are betting big on the future scope of the token by accumulating BTC in higher numbers, and others are feeling …
Salvadoran Press Raises Doubts on Piggy Bank Funds’ Ownership: 80% of BTC Came From Bitfinex
20.3.2024
Reports from local Salvadoran press are raising questions about President Bukele’s announcement last week, when he transferred 5,690 BTC to a cold wallet, stating that all of these belonged to the country. Moises Alvarado, a Salvadoran journalist, found that 80% of the funds in this wallet...
Where Is Nayib Bukele Actually Storing El Salvador's Bitcoin?
18.3.2024
Last week, the sats stacking president of the "Land of Many Volcanoes" announced he was moving the country's thousands of BTC into a bitcoin "piggy bank."
Latam Insights: Tim Draper’s Bitcoin Prophecy for El Salvador, Bukele’s Bitcoin Rush
18.3.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Tim Draper predicts bitcoin will make El Salvador a rich country, President Nayib Bukele vows to keep buying bitcoin, and Banco do Brazil announces offline...
Kiyosaki Warns of Big Bubble, Analyst Predicts $330K BTC, Draper’s Wild El Salvador Prediction, and More— Week in Review
17.3.2024
Robert Kiyosaki has issued a stark warning about an impending financial disaster, which he believes will devastate baby boomers. A crypto analyst predicts bitcoin could exceed $330,000, defying historical growth patterns through a combination of pattern disruptions and the theory of diminishing...