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Latam Insights: Bukele Frontrunned Blackrock’s Bitcoin ETF Move, Bitcoin Lease Contracts in Argentina
14.1.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele states they got into Bitcoin before Blackrock, the first bitcoin-settled lease contract goes live in Argentina...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Investment Yields $12.6 Million in Unrealized Gains Ahead of Bitcoin ETF Decision
9.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock/ MMollaretti El Salvador’s Bitcoin (BTC) portfolio of 2,798 tokens has yielded an unrealized profit of $12.6 million, and there are no plans to sell. El Salvador is sitting on $12.6 million in unrealized profits on its bitcoin (BTC) investment after being in the red for...
El Salvador's BTC Bet Is $13M in Profit as Bitcoin ETF Approval Approaches
9.1.2024
El Salvador is sitting on a $12.6 million unrealized profit on its bitcoin investment after being in the red for two years
Latam Insights: Vitalik Buterin Praises Argentina, Brazilian Banks Test Microsoft CBDC Privacy Solution
1.1.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin praises Argetina’s moves, Brazilian banks introduce Microsoft privacy solutions in digital real tests, and Mi Primer...
ETF Fever Continues, Gensler Warns Against Crypto’s ‘Wild West’ of Permissionless Exchange, Latam Update — Week in Review
31.12.2023
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler has repeated earlier warnings about crypto “non-compliance” being a global “Wild West,” as speculative fever for BTC exchange-traded funds continues to swelter, with monolithic asset manager Blackrock...
Latam Insights: El Salvador Passes Bitcoin Citizenship Law, Argentina to Allow Crypto Denominated Contracts
25.12.2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: El Salvador passes a Bitcoin donation citizenship law, Argentina will allow the settlement of crypto-denominated contracts, and President Milei moves...
Law Offers Fast-Track Citizenship for Bitcoin Donations to El Salvador, Report Says
24.12.2023
Under El Salvador’s recently approved immigration reform law, foreigners who donate to the government’s social and economic development programs will be eligible for expedited citizenship. However, the reform law does not reveal the amount of bitcoins that foreigners must donate...
El Salvador Passes Law to Offer Citizenship to Foreign Bitcoin Investors
22.12.2023
Source: Pixabay / 12019 El Salvador‘s Congress has passed a new law enabling foreign citizens to obtain citizenship by investing in Bitcoin, according to Reuters. On Dec. 21, the Salvadoran unicameral legislature, dominated by President Nayib Bukele‘s New Ideas party, voted in favor...
Latam Insights: Volcano Bonds Target Q1 2024 Launch, Unblock Global $15 Million Bitcoin Flare Gas Bet
18.12.2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: The Salvadoran Volcano Bonds might be launched in Q1 2024, Unblock Global raised $15 million for a flare gas mining project in Vaca Muerta, and Argentine...
Bitcoin’s Week: $44,000 Test and Salvador’s ‘Freedom Visa’; InQubeta Draws Investors
16.12.2023
InQubeta (QUBE) might be the best crypto to invest in now as its presale continues to defy expectations. The new DeFi project has already raised over $6.7 million as it moves into its sixth stage, earning early investors 175% returns on their investments. Bitcoin (BTC) has also been on a roll...
Salvadoran Bitcoin Volcano Bonds Target Q1 2024 Launch After Getting Regulatory Approval
14.12.2023
Discussion on the Volcano Bonds, a series of digital debt instruments that would be used to finance the creation of Bitcoin City, has resurfaced after their regulatory approval in El Salvador. The Bitcoin Office in the country revealed that it anticipated a launch date of Q1 2024 for these bonds....
El Salvador plans to issue Bitcoin Volcano Bonds in Q1 2024
12.12.2023
The long-awaited Bitcoin bonds in El Salvador have gradually come closer to reality as it received regulatory approval to issue Bitcoin bonds in early 2024, according to a popular Bitcoin-powered office’s post earlier this week. Bitfinex Securities, a regulated subsidiary of the well-known...
Bitcoin Price Prediction: Market Reacts to FOMC Meeting, El Salvador Bond & Google’s New Ad Policy
12.12.2023
In the dynamic world of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC) is experiencing subtle yet noticeable fluctuations, trading at $41,457 with over 0.50% rise as of Tuesday. Market sentiments are heavily influenced by key economic events and policy changes. As the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bonds Get Regulatory Approval, Launch Set for Early 2024
12.12.2023
Source: RawBeautyPixels/Adobe El Salvador’s highly anticipated Bitcoin (BTC) bonds, also known as “Volcano Bonds,” have received the regulatory approval for an early 2024 issuance. The bonds are expected to be offered on Bitfinex Securities, a regulated division of the popular...
World’s First Bitcoin Bonds Receive Regulatory Approval in El Salvador
12.12.2023
The bonds are expected to launch in Q1 of 2024, several posts amplified on social platform X by President Nayib Bukele suggest
Latam Insights: El Salvador’s Bitcoin Portfolio Goes Black, Brazil Brings Digital Currency Talk to G20
11.12.2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: The portfolio of bitcoin investments of the Salvadoran government went into black numbers, Brazil will discuss using digital currencies for financial...
Invest in Bitcoin, Get Residency: El Salvador’s Unique ‘Freedom VISA’
8.12.2023
El Salvador Bitcoin. Source: RawBeautyPixels/Adobe El Salvador has a new, “once in five hundred years” offer for international crypto whales: donate your BTC to the government, and you’ll earn long-term citizenship in Bitcoin country. As announced by Tether on Thursday, the “Adopting...
El Salvador Introduces Exclusive Citizenship Through $1 Million Crypto Investment
8.12.2023
El Salvador has unveiled a new citizenship investment program, the “Freedom Visa,” open to a limited number of applicants. By investing $1 million in bitcoin or tether, participants can secure Salvadoran citizenship. El Salvador’s Bold Bid: Citizenship for Crypto Millionaires...
El Salvador Partners Tether to Launch Freedom Visa On Bitcoin and USDT Investment
8.12.2023
El Salvador Bitcoin. Source: RawBeautyPixels/Adobe El Salvador has announced a citizenship-by-investment scheme powered by Tether, the company behind stablecoin, USDT that allows people to acquire citizenship through Bitcoin (BTC) and USDT investments. The stablecoin issuer disclosed...
El Salvador Could Rake In $1B Bitcoin Investment per Year With New ‘Freedom VISA’
8.12.2023
The country’s treasury owns just over 2,700 bitcoin (BTC), which has yielded over $3 million in unrealized profit so far