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Latam Insights: Paraguay Unveils Bitcoin Mining Centric Development Strategy, Itau Unibanco Rolls Crypto Trading for All Customers

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Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Paraguay unveiled a bitcoin mining-centric strategy, Itau Unibanco rolled out crypto trading services for all its customers, and Worldcoin decided to establish a hub in Argentina. Paraguayan Minister Unveils Future Economic Strategy Centered … Read more

Worldcoin to Establish Latam Hub in Argentina Despite Heavy Scrutiny

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Worldcoin, the biometric identification project, has announced a new expansion process in Argentina, where it reportedly will seek to open 50 new locations with eye-scanning hardware. The announcement comes after Buenos Aires indicted Tools For Humanity, the company behind Worldcoin, for including abusive clauses in its service agreements, and a meeting between Worldcoin executives with … Read more

Latam Insights: Mexican Billionaire Ricardo Salinas Recommends Purchasing Bitcoin, Cardano Partners Argentine Province

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Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas advises purchasing Bitcoin, Cardano partners with an Argentine province, and Argentina launches a VASP registry. Mexican Billionaire Ricardo Salinas Urges Followers to Buy Bitcoin as Nigerian Naira Falls Under … Read more

Cardano Foundation Forges Government Partnership in Argentina to Boost Blockchain Adoption

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The Cardano Foundation has announced an interesting new public partnership in Argentina. The collaboration, which follows a public signing between Rogelio Frigerio, the Governor of Entre Ríos, and Rafael Fraga, the LATAM Lead for Business Development at the Cardano Foundation, is with the state of Entre Ríos, a central province of Argentina. The partnership aims … Read more

Argentina Officially Launches Virtual Assets Service Providers Registry

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The Argentine securities watchdog (CNV) announced the official launch of Argentina’s Virtual Assets Service Provider (VASP) Registry, allowing almost 100 companies and individuals to apply to be authorized to offer digital assets linked services in the country. The registry will remain open for more companies to submit their application, given that the regulator will only … Read more

Latam Insights: Paraguay Shuts Down Largest Illegal Bitcoin Mining Farm to Date, Argentina and El Salvador Discuss Bitcoin

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Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Paraguay shut down the largest illegal bitcoin mining operation to date, Argentine and Salvadoran officials met to discuss bitcoin issues, and Ocean launched a global hub in El Salvador. Paraguayan Authorities Shut Down … Read more

Ripio CEO: Brazilian Companies Are Paying Chinese Suppliers With Cryptocurrency

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Sebastian Serrano, CEO of Ripio, one of the largest exchanges in Latam, stated that Brazilian companies were already harnessing cryptocurrency to pay their Chinese suppliers. In an interview, Serrano asserted that Latam countries harnessed crypto in different ways and that Argentine companies are using cryptocurrency to protect from crippling inflation numbers. Ripio CEO Sebastian Serrano: … Read more

Argentine Officials Met With Salvadoran Regulators to Discuss Bitcoin Adoption and Regulation

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Argentine officials of the CNV, the country’s equivalent to the U.S. SEC, and Salvadoran officials of the CNAD, the National Commission for Digital Assets, met on May 23 to discuss bitcoin regulation and adoption issues. This meeting was the second between these two institutions and hints at a possible regulation agreement between the two countries. … Read more