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Num Finance Raises $1.5M, Will Expand Stablecoins in Latin America, Middle East
23.5.2023
Decentralized finance protocol Num Finance will offer stablecoins in Brazilian real, Colombian peso, Mexican peso and Bahrain dinar within the next month and develop tokenized money market funds
Binance provider in Brazil gets payment institution approval
20.5.2023
Binance's partner Latam Gateway has been granted a license to operate as a payment institution and electronic money issuer in Brazil
Tether, KriptonMarket to support USDT transactions at Argentina’s Central Market
19.5.2023
The Central Market supplies over 12 million people per month in Argentina. The move will allow companies to accept and pay bills with USDT
Crypto adoption is booming, but not in the US or Europe — Bitcoin Builders 2023
18.5.2023
At the Bitcoin Builders Conference, Daniel Fogg from IOV Labs and Rootstock spoke with Cointelegraph about how emerging markets are shaping the future of the crypto space
Today in Crypto: Ripple Acquires Metaco, Tether to Buy BTC Monthly Using Realized Profits, WazirX Claims Binance Controls WRX
17.5.2023
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Read More: Today in Crypto: Ripple Acquires Metaco, Tether to Buy BTC Monthly Using Realized Profits, WazirX Claims Binance Controls...
Argentina's central bank halts cryptocurrencies from payment apps
5.5.2023
The ban is intended to reduce Argentina's payment-system exposure to digital assets, said the monetary authority
Argentine Foreign Minister Says a Latin American Common Currency Would Relieve Argentina’s Stress on the Dollar Issue
5.5.2023
Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero referred to the advantages the issuance of a Latin American common currency would give Argentina. Cafiero stated that the existence of such a currency would relieve the stress that the country is currently facing regarding the state of its foreign...
Today in Crypto: Nigeria's Government Approves a National Blockchain Policy, CEX Trade Volumes Fall for 1st Time in 3 Months, INX Works with BitGo to Launch a Pilot Wallet Management Solution for Regulated Security Tokens
4.5.2023
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Read More: Today in Crypto: Nigeria's Government Approves a National Blockchain Policy, CEX Trade Volumes Fall for 1st Time in...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Explains ‘Multipolar’ World View in Brazil
19.4.2023
Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, started his tour of Latin America on April 17, landing first in Brasilia to hold high-level talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva and Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira. Lavrov insisted that Russia was building...
Stablecoins Gain Traction as Inflationary Shield in Latin America, Europe Also Sees Growth
17.4.2023
Despite the recent bear market and the latest banking turbulence, users in Latin America and Europe continue to embrace stablecoins, but in a very different way
Argentina securities regulator approves Bitcoin futures index
12.4.2023
The regulated Bitcoin futures index is reportedly a first in Latin America and is set to debut in May
Latam Insights — Alliance Against Inflation, BTG Pactual Launches Stablecoin, and Argentina Debuts New Dollar
8.4.2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto and economic development news from Latin America during the last week. In this issue: Latin American nations ink an agreement to reduce inflation, Brazil-based BTG Pactual launches its own dollar-pegged stablecoin, and Argentina...
Peru considering CBDC to improvement payment system: Former IMF adviser
5.4.2023
The Central Reserve Bank of Peru has released a report on the development of a central bank digital currency and promises more reports as its research continues
El Salvador removes all taxes related to tech innovation for economic growth
1.4.2023
Technology innovations such as software programming, coding, apps and AI development, and computing and communications hardware manufacturing will be exempted from taxes in El Salvador
Latin American E-Commerce Giant Mercado Libre Expands Crypto Trading to Chile
29.3.2023
The company launched the service in partnership with Ripio, a regional crypto firm
Today in Crypto: BitKeep Rebrands to Bitget Wallet, IOTA Launches ShimmerEVM Test Chain, Bitso Trippled US-Mexico Transactions in Partnership with Ripple
29.3.2023
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Venezuela shuts down crypto mining facilities, exchanges amid corruption probe
25.3.2023
According to Venezuela's attorney general office, government officials were running parallel oil operations with the assistance of the national crypto department
Today in Crypto: Chainlink Labs Partners with PwC Germany, Bitget Acquires BitKeep, Bitzlato Allows Users to Withdraw up to 50% of Assets, BANXA Joins Hands with BitMart
22.3.2023
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Read More: Today in Crypto: Chainlink Labs Partners with PwC Germany, Bitget Acquires BitKeep, Bitzlato Allows Users to Withdraw up...
Increase in Number of LATAM Workers Choosing to Get Paid in Crypto
17.2.2023
More Latin American (LATAM) workers than ever are choosing to get paid in crypto, a new report has found – with suggestions that crypto winter has done little to dampen adoption in the region.
Bloomberg Linea reported that, per the Deel Lab for Global Employment’s Global Recruitment Report...
Today in Crypto: Aave Announces Launch of GHO Stablecoin on Ethereum’s Goerli Testnet, MakerDAO Establishes Phoenix Labs, LocalBitcoins Closing down
9.2.2023
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Read More: Today in Crypto: Aave Announces Launch of GHO Stablecoin on Ethereum’s Goerli Testnet, MakerDAO Establishes Phoenix Labs...