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PortuguêsPanamanian lawmakers will start to analyze a draft bill that seeks to regulate cryptocurrencies in the nation. Local deputy (MP) Rolando Rodríguez presented the bill to the Commerce Commission of…
Continue ReadingAn Ecuadorian presidential candidate hinted at creating a cryptocurrency in the country as part of its government agenda. Giovanny Andrade said that the national crypto aims to “facilitate” transactions across…
Continue ReadingEn marzo de 2020 un colombiano de 23 años, conocido bajo el seudónimo de Atlas, comenzó a adquirir bitcoin. Por ese entonces, bitcoin estaba valuado en aproximadamente USD 4500, todavía…
Continue ReadingTelegram, a popular messaging app within the cryptocurrency space, surpassed 500 million monthly active users during the first week of January, according to Telegram chief executive officer Pavel Durov. In…
Continue ReadingArgentina’s Ripio has acquired BitcoinTrade, the second-largest crypto exchange in Brazil, in a bid to increase its footprint across the frothy Latin American crypto market. Ripio (formerly called BitPagos) ended…
Continue ReadingChile’s Free Competition Defense Court (TDLC) ruled in favor of the Latin American cryptocurrency exchange Bud after their checking accounts were closed by two major banks in the midst of…
Continue ReadingThe Superintendency of Corporations in Colombia has explained in an official note that companies in the country are legally allowed to buy cryptocurrencies, specifically bitcoin (BTC), to inject capital as…
Continue ReadingOne of the biggest and most laureate universities in Latin America approved the launch of a Financial Engineering specialization course, whose modules cover crypto and blockchain-related subjects, marking it a…
Continue ReadingThe Stellar Development Foundation has invested Settle Network, the largest digital assets settlement network in the Latin American region. It marks the fourth investment this year from the SDF enterprise…
Continue ReadingAl inicio del 2020, Ripio, una de las casas de cambios más grandes de Argentina, tenía alrededor de 400.000 usuarios. Está terminando este 2020 con más de 1 millón. El…
Continue ReadingAt the start of 2020, Ripio, one of Argentina’s largest crypto exchanges, had around 400,000 users. It’s finishing the year with 1 million. Ripio’s chief brand officer, Juan Mendez, told…
Continue ReadingTop US Banking Regulator Reveals Positive Cryptocurrency Regulation Coming in Weeks The top U.S. banking regulator has confirmed that positive cryptocurrency regulation is coming in a matter of weeks, by…
Continue ReadingLatin American crypto exchange Bitso has raised a whopping $62 million funding round, the largest in the region for a digital asset firm. Announced Wednesday, Mexico City-based Bitso’s Series B…
Continue ReadingWestern Union recently announced it would be suspending U.S. dollar transfers to Cuba, due to sanctions from the United States. This may only increase the attractiveness of sending remittances with…
Continue ReadingA 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…
Continue ReadingEarlier this year, Bolivian blockchain engineer Mario Blacutt – previously known in crypto circles only as “Berzeck” –finally felt safe enough to reveal his name and come out as the…
Continue ReadingWhen I lived in Chile during the 2000s, I would bring a book to the bank because there was always a one-hour wait just to talk to a teller. Registering…
Continue ReadingThe World Trade Organization and Trade Finance Global have published their latest taxonomy of blockchain projects in international trade, arranged into what they present as a “periodic table” for the…
Continue ReadingThe cryptocurrency industry welcomes another high-profile executive from traditional finance. Filomena Ruffa, a former vice president of innovation and strategic partnerships at Visa’s Latin America division, has joined Crypto.com to…
Continue ReadingIt’s no secret Latin America’s economy is not in great shape compared to other regions. There isn’t any single reason for this. You could point to a dependence on commodity…
Continue ReadingA report published by Arcane Research has revealed that nearly half of Paxful’s trade volume comes from trade between Bitcoin (BTC) and gift cards. The report found that, “purchasing Bitcoin…
Continue ReadingReports 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,…
Continue ReadingCrypto 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…
Continue ReadingNew York-based blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has published new research highlighting there have been up to 200,000 crypto transactions in the past year, worth more than $1 billion between Latin…
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