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Paraguay President Squashes Bitcoin & Crypto Mining Bill with ‘Total Veto’
31.8.2022
Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez has spectacularly scuppered a much-vaunted bill that would have legalized and regulated Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto mining in the Latin American country....
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Adoption Picks up Pace in LATM with Brazilian Central Bank’s DeFi Project & Developments in Argentina
30.8.2022
Crypto adoption is on the march in Brazil, where the nation’s Central Bank has commissioned a commercial banking giant to build a DeFi solution for its prototype central bank digital currency (CBDC). Meanwhile, across the border in Argentina, a city says that it will accept tax payments made using...
Ripio Launches Visa Bitcoin Cashback Crypto Card in Brazil
26.8.2022
The Argentinian crypto firm Ripio has unveiled a Visa card in Brazil that lets its users pay in crypto – and receive bitcoin (BTC) cashback rewards. The card is a prepaid debit card that can be used with any merchant who accepts Visa payments.
The card will be compatible with all 28 of the tokens...
Argentinian Presidential Hopeful Reportedly Faces Crypto Scam Promotion Wrap
23.8.2022
A group of Argentine crypto investors have launched a lawsuit against Javier Milei, an outspoken MP and bitcoin (BTC) advocate who wants to run for president.
The media outlet Clarín reported that a lawyer named Juan Pablo Chiesa, who is representing the group, says that the investors lost around...
LATAM’s New Crypto Mining ‘Promised Land’: Pluses & Minuses for Paraguay
23.8.2022
Paraguay has become a “new Latin American Mecca for cryptocurrency mining,” a new report has claimed – but not everyone seems to be happy about the fact that more miners than ever are choosing to set up shop in the nation....
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E-Commerce Giant Mercado Libre Debuts an Ethereum-powered Coin in Brazil
19.8.2022
The Latin American e-commerce heavyweight Mercado Libre has rolled out its own cryptoasset – named Mercado Coin – in Brazil.
The move is the latest in a series of bullish crypto-related moves from the company, which is often touted as the LATM region’s answer to Amazon. Last year, the company...
BNB Chain aims to raise 30K new Web3 developers across Latin America in 2022
17.8.2022
BNB Chain prepares to launch a Web3 development course for Latin American students as the region continues to be a hub for adoption and crypto-related activity
Panamanian Regulator May ‘Swing the Ax’ after Bitcoin-friendly Bank Bans Use of Crypto Mixers
12.8.2022
Panama’s “bitcoin (BTC) and crypto-friendly” bank Towerbank says it will bar its customers from making use of crypto mixers – in the wake of the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)’s move to sanction Tornado Cash earlier this month....
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Ripple Reportedly Eyes Celsius' Assets, New Crypto Rule from SEC, Risky Metaverse + More News
10.8.2022
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Global Professionals Increasingly Interested In Bitcoin & Crypto Payments - Report
5.8.2022
The ongoing market downturn has not discouraged professionals from taking payment in cryptoassets, as indicated by the latest report released by global payroll specialist Deel.
In the first half of 2022, crypto payments represented 5% of wages collected by cross-border professionals, up from...
Brazilian Cop Charged with Duping 23 Fellow Officers in ‘Crypto Pyramid Scam’
2.8.2022
A military police officer in the Brazilian state of Goiás is being tried for allegedly scamming fellow officers with a cryptoasset-themed scheme.
The media outlet Globo reported that the officer, named as Francisco de Assis Jesus dos Santos Soares de Oliveira, stands accused of defrauding some...
84% of Surveyed Brazilian High Earners Know What Crypto Is
1.8.2022
Crypto awareness is on the rise in Brazil, a new survey has found – particularly among higher-earning individuals....
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Craig Wright Wins One Pound, Bitcoin & Ethereum Flows, Ledger's Deal, Soulbound Binance + More News
1.8.2022
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Banking Giant Santander is Set to Offer Crypto Trading to Brazilians as Crypto 'Is Here to Stay'
29.7.2022
Banco Santander S.A., the Brazilian subsidiary of the Spanish Santander Group, plans to start offering crypto trading, possibly already this year.
The bank plans to start offering crypto-related services to its Brazilian customers “in the coming months,” reported Folha de S. Paulo, citing the...
Taiwan vs. Crypto, Uprise Might Compensate Some LUNA Losses + More News
22.7.2022
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Bitcoin is for billions: Fedimint on scaling BTC in the global south
19.7.2022
A community custody protocol, Fedimint wants to scale the Bitcoin network to a billion users located in the global south
El Salvador Finance Chief Says USD 800M Debt Default Won’t Happen, Bukele Says BTC Is 'Inevitable'
15.7.2022
El Salvador’s finance minister says he is unworried by international markets forecasters’ predictions that the country will default on USD 800 million bond payments early next year.
ElSalvador.com, the website of the newspaper El Diario de Hoy, quoted minister Alejandro Zelaya as stating that...
Bitfinex donates 36 BTC to Salvadoran businesses to support economic development
14.7.2022
The Bitcoin-friendly Latin American country has put BTC at the center of its economic revitalization strategy
Venezuelan Crime Gang Was ‘Stealing Crypto from Retirees’
11.7.2022
A Venezuelan police agency says it has caught criminals who have allegedly stolen cryptoassets from pensioners by misusing the Patria crypto remittance platform....
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Argentineans Rush to Tether After Economy Minister Resigns
4.7.2022
Residents of Argentina rushed to bid up the price of the popular stablecoin tether (USDT) in local fiat terms over the weekend after news broke that the country’s minister for the Economy had resigned.
According to data from CriptoYa, a data provider that tracks crypto prices from Latin American...