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Mercado Libre, Latam’s Largest Company, Launches Own Dollar Stablecoin
23.8.2024
Mercado Libre, the largest public company in Latam by market capitalization, has announced the release of its own dollar-pegged stablecoin, the meli dolar, for the Brazilian market. The development was completed in partnership with Ripio, an Argentine cryptocurrency exchange, and is issued by Meli...
Mercado Libre launches USD-pegged Meli Dollar stablecoin in Brazil
22.8.2024
The new stablecoin will provide Mercado Libre customers a new option for managing their finances in Brazil’s volatile economy
Latin American E-Commerce Giant Mercado Libre Launches U.S. Dollar-Tied Stablecoin
21.8.2024
Customers of Mercado Libre digital bank subsidiary Mercado Pago will be able to buy and sell Meli Dollar with their Brazilian reais balances
Second Solana ETF Approved in Brazil
20.8.2024
X Ceases Operations in Brazil After Refusing to Comply With Censorship Orders
18.8.2024
X’s Global Government Affairs Team reported on August 17 that the social network would be forced to shut down its local operations in Brazil due to judicial orders issued against its legal representative. The order, issued by Alexandre de Moraes, a member of the Supreme Federal Tribunal...
Binance Pays $1.75 Million to Settle Irregular Derivatives Offering Procedure in Brazil
16.8.2024
Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has settled an administrative procedure with the CVM, the securities regulator of Brazil. The exchange proposed to pay 9.6 million Brazilian reais (approximately $1.75 million) to resolve a case involving the irregular offering...
Crypto Biz: Riot increases Bitfarms stake in takeover strategy
16.8.2024
This week’s Crypto Biz examines Bitdeer’s earnings boost, Hamster Kombat’s rejection of venture capital offers, Grayscale’s new crypto fund and a Solana exchange-traded fund in Brazil
Crypto Biz: Riot increases Bitfarms stake in takeover strategy
16.8.2024
This week’s Crypto Biz examines Bitdeer’s earnings boost, Hamster Kombat’s rejection of venture capital offers, Grayscale’s new crypto fund and a Solana exchange-traded fund in Brazil
Binance reaches $1.7M agreement with Brazilian securities regulator
14.8.2024
Brazil’s CVM issued a warning to the crypto exchange in 2020 that it was offering residents derivatives products without authorization
Binance Agrees to Pay $1.76 Million in Brazil Settlement
14.8.2024
Crypto exchange Binance has agreed to a settlement with Brazil’s Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) to end the…
Binance to Pay $1.7M to Brazilian Securities Commission to End Probe Into Unauthorized Derivatives Offering
14.8.2024
The Latin American country's agency had rejected Binance’s previous proposal, made in August 2023, to end an investigation into its derivatives products
Digital Assets Infrastructure Provider Parfin Raises $10M in Series A Funding
14.8.2024
The company plans to reach $16 million by the end of a second closing
Brazil poised to launch world’s first spot Solana ETF ahead of global markets
14.8.2024
According to IBM’s former blockchain growth lead, a potential Solana ETF approval in the US could act as a significant price catalyst for SOL
BRICS Countries Deem US Dollar Less Important in Global Trade, Says Indian Expert
14.8.2024
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...
Brazilian Crypto Exchange Mercado Bitcoin Launches Flexible Crypto Collateralized Loans
14.8.2024
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...
Latam Insights: El Salvador Advances Talks With IMF Despite Bitcoin Allegiance; Brazil Passes First Solana Spot ETF
12.8.2024
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...
Solana ETF Approval Boosts Brazil’s Crypto Investment Hub Status
8.8.2024
On August 7, Brazil’s Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) approved the country’s first Solana ETF. This ETF, one…
Brazil’s Securities and Exchange Commission Approves Solana-Based ETF
8.8.2024
The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) has approved a Solana-based exchange-traded fund (ETF), the agency disclosed in its central database
Brazilian Civil Police Dismantles Crypto Laundering Scheme Employed by Drug Gang
7.8.2024
The Civil Police of São Paulo, Brazil, dismantled a money laundering scheme managed by the drug gang First Capital Command (PCC) that operated a company operating as a crypto exchange, the police said on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday
Coinwire Report: Latam to More Than Double Its Crypto Trading Levels This Year
6.8.2024
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...