Latam Insights: El Salvador to Receive $1.61 Billion for Economic Overhaul Plan; Venezuelan Government Blocks Binance

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the past week. In this issue: El Salvador attracts $1.61 billion in investments for its economic overhaul plan, the Venezuelan government blocks Binance using a state-owned ISP, and the Paraguayan justice system convicts an individual for energy theft crimes … Read more

Venezuelan Government Blocks Binance, Cutting P2P Market Access for Thousands

CANTV, a Venezuelan state-owned ISP, has reportedly started blocking traffic to Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. The company, which controls a significant portion of the Venezuelan broadband market, has left thousands of Venezuelans without access to their savings and even P2P markets, which are popular among those using crypto as … Read more

Tether CEO Hints at Development of Global P2P Financial Markets Terminal

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that the stablecoin company might put “significant resources” into developing a global peer-to-peer (P2P) financial markets terminal. Ardoino explained that decentralization in the payments area, where humanity is “getting rid” of the monopolistic intermediaries, could also improve the financial markets data industry. This would also allow exchanges to monetize their … Read more

Argentinians Are Now Using P2P Markets to Multiply Their Savings

Argentinians are now discovering that P2P (peer-to-peer) markets can be used to maintain or multiply their savings in crypto and foreign currency. According to local media sources, more and more Argentinians are using P2P exchanges and markets to apply arbitrage and earn money being P2P cashiers. Maximiliano Hinz, Latam operations director of Binance, states that … Read more

Bitcoin.com Local Gathers Steam as Other P2P Markets Falter

The bitcoin marketplace Localbitcoins was once the most popular peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platform. But during the last few years, the company’s trading requirements and KYC implementation have caused an influx of traders to migrate to different P2P crypto markets. The mass departure has caused business on Localbitcoins to drop like a rock and volumes haven’t … Read more