BRICS Countries Deem US Dollar Less Important in Global Trade, Says Indian Expert

The vice chairman of the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sameep Shastri, has highlighted the economic bloc’s shift away from reliance on the U.S. dollar, opting instead to trade using their national currencies like the Russian ruble, Indian rupee, and Chinese yuan. He underscored the importance of economic self-reliance and the challenge to Western … Read more

Brazilian Crypto Exchange Mercado Bitcoin Launches Flexible Crypto Collateralized Loans

Mercado Bitcoin, one of the largest Brazil-based cryptocurrency exchanges, has launched a loan product allowing users to receive credit in Brazilian reais secured by crypto collateral. The credits will be limited to 30% of the total held in crypto in the exchange, and liquidations will not be automatically executed, being examined on a case-by-case basis … Read more

Latam Insights: El Salvador Advances Talks With IMF Despite Bitcoin Allegiance; Brazil Passes First Solana Spot ETF

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the last week. In this issue: El Salvador holds talks with the IMF despite its Bitcoin allegiance; Brazil greenlights the first Solana spot ETF; and Polymarket gets criticized for its decision on the Venezuelan presidential election bet. El Salvador … Read more

Coinwire Report: Latam to More Than Double Its Crypto Trading Levels This Year

A recent report by Coinwire, a cryptocurrency research portal, predicts that cryptocurrency adoption levels in Latam will more than double in 2024. The report, which examined trading movements on trusted centralized exchanges according to Coingecko, forecasts that crypto trading volumes in the region will reach $7.82 trillion in 2024, with Brazil and Chile being the … Read more

Paraguay’s Power Chief: No Cryptocurrency Mining Company Has Left Yet

Felix Sosa, president of the National Power Administration of Paraguay (ANDE), has disregarded reports indicating that a mass exodus of cryptocurrency mining companies could be brewing. Sosa stated that no cryptocurrency company had left the country yet and that there were over 400 MW in projects awaiting approval by the institution. No Cryptocurrency Mining Companies … Read more

Binance Survey: Half of All Latin American Crypto Users Treat It as a Long-Term Investment

A survey conducted by Binance revealed that more than half of all cryptocurrency users in Latin America utilize crypto as a long-term investment, choosing to hold onto their digital assets. The survey, which polled 10,000 users from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, indicates that the number of users in this group exceeds the number of … Read more

Excessive Greed: More Bitcoin Mining Companies Are Abandoning Paraguay for Brazil

The recent power hikes that ANDE has enacted for Bitcoin mining companies are already impacting their operations in Paraguay. According to recent reports, the Penguin Group, a cryptocurrency mining operator, has already signed a contract to secure 400MW of energy in Brazil. This could be a potential destination that other companies are considering. Paraguayan Bitcoin … Read more

Triple-A: Argentina and Brazil in the Top Ten Of Countries With Most Cryptocurrency Ownership

Argentina and Brazil are part of the top ten countries with the most crypto ownership, according to a recent report issued by Triple-A, a provider of digital currency white-label payment solutions. Argentina took the fourth place in the list, with 18.9% of its population holding cryptocurrency, while Brazil appears in sixth place with 17.5%. Argentina … Read more

Enegix Global Builds Natural Gas-Powered 80 MW Crypto Mining Center in Brazil

Cryptocurrency mining company, Enegix Global, has announced the construction of a new 80 MW data center in Brazil, marking a significant expansion of its operations. The two-phase project, set to launch its initial 20 MW phase in September 2024, will operate on natural gas with an uptime of 96%. This strategic move comes amid shifting … Read more