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Judge Urges for SEC Decision on Planned Celsius Restart as Crypto Miner

1.11.2023
America’s securities regulator has been urged to decide if it will approve a plan to transform Celsius Network into a bitcoin mining firm. The proposal seeks to repay customers of the bankrupt cryptocurrency lender with both crypto assets and stock in a new publicly traded mining entity. New York...

Biden Administration Issues Landmark AI Executive Order

31.10.2023
United States president Joe Biden has issued an executive order to establish new rules and standards that artificial intelligence (AI) companies will have to follow to secure the leadership of America in the field. The executive order also ostensibly seeks to protect the privacy of citizens...

Bitcoin-Friendly El Salvador Poised to Become Financial Center of the Americas, Says VanEck Strategy Adviser

30.10.2023
Incoming investment capital and immigration will lead to a major economic shift that will turn El Salvador into a financial center, argued Gabor Gurbacs, strategy adviser of investment management giant VanEck. Gurbacs tweeted that, “I say often to portfolio managers and asset allocators that...

Latam Insights: Argentina Prepares for Run-off Election With Crypto on the Agenda, Colombia Works on Digital Peso

30.10.2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Argentina prepares for a run-off election with crypto on the agenda, Colombia works to formulate a digital peso, and Prosegur will build a crypto-secure...

North America Is Largest Crypto Market Despite Regulatory Uncertainty, Chainalysis Reports

25.10.2023
North America leads in terms of cryptocurrency usage despite the ongoing regulatory uncertainty, blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis revealed. Meanwhile, stablecoin-related activity has been decreasing with users shifting away from U.S.-based services. The region’s share in decentralized finance...

North America Dominates Global Crypto Usage, Chainalysis Report Reveals

24.10.2023
According to a recent report by blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis, North America is leading the world in crypto usage, with the United States driving the lion's share of activity. The region boasted a transaction volume exceeding $1 trillion between July 2022 and June 2023, which includes...

Stablecoin market escaping US regulatory oversight: Chainalysis

24.10.2023
Stablecoin activity has been increasingly occurring through entities that aren’t licensed in the United States, according to Chainalysis

Latam Insights: Argentine Digital Currency Bill to Be Introduced ‘as Soon as Possible,’ Bitfinex Free P2P Exchanges

23.10.2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: The Central Bank of Argentina is pushing for the introduction of the digital currency “as soon as possible,” Bitfinex makes P2P transactions free...

Bank of America CEO Discusses Economic Slowdown and Fed Cutting Interest Rates

22.10.2023
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan expects the U.S. economy to slow down in the middle of next year. The executive also noted that according to his bank’s research, the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates in the middle of next year to the latter half of next year. Bank of America Boss...

Nintendo Accounts Will ‘Ease’ Transition To Next Console, Exec Says

20.10.2023
One of the biggest questions about Nintendo’s next console is how it will treat everyone who’s built up a massive library of games on the Switch. Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser isn’t ready to spill the beans about the Switch 2 yet, but he is teasing a smoother transition to the company’s...

Grassroots Crypto Adoption in Latin America Surges as Users Flock to Central Exchanges

16.10.2023
According to a new study, cryptocurrency adoption grows in Latin America as users leverage digital assets to offset currency devaluations and inflation. A new Chainalysis report shows a growing adoption rate in Latin America following a surge of new use cases on a country-country basis and...

Grassroots Crypto Adoption in Latin America Surges as Users Flock to Centralized Exchanges

Latam Insights: Venezuela and Argentina Leverage ‘Unique’ Crypto Use Cases, Brazilian Congress Advises Indicting CZ

16.10.2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Venezuela and Argentina use crypto uniquely, according to Chainalysis; the Brazilian Congress recommends indicting Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, and...

Latin America takes global lead in preference for centralized exchanges: Report

15.10.2023
According to Chainalysis, Latin American crypto users show a significant preference for centralized exchanges, in contrast to the worldwide pattern

Bank of America and SAP Veterans to Lead Crypto Infrastructure Firm Taurus' European Drive

13.10.2023
Swiss institutional crypto infrastructure firm Taurus SA has been expanding its presence in Europe with the opening of two new offices in the United Kingdom and France. In a Thursday blog post, the company said it has appointed former Bank of America executive Jürgen Hofbauer and SAP veteran...

State Securities Regulators Support SEC in Lawsuit Against Crypto Exchange Coinbase

11.10.2023
A group uniting regional securities regulators in North America has backed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in its Coinbase lawsuit. The move goes against arguments in favor of adopting dedicated rules for crypto assets in the United States as opposed to implementing existing...

Brazilian securities regulator plans sandbox for tokenization in 2024

9.10.2023
Daniel Maeda with Brazil's CVM said during Rio Innovation Week the regulator plans to explore a regulatory sandbox for use cases of tokenization potentially starting in 2024

Latam Insights: Argentina Announces National Digital Currency While Peso Sinks, Volcano Energy Launches Lava Pool

9.10.2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: The Argentine government announces a national digital currency project, Volcano Energy launches Lava Pool, the first Salvadoran Bitcoin mining pool, and...

Against the Odds: Bitcoin Sees Fewest Obituaries in Ten Years

5.10.2023
With two-thirds of the year done, the Bitcoin Obituaries list has recorded a decline in memorials compared to the last ten years, tallying just seven so-called bitcoin death announcements in 2023. The last sentiment of demise was voiced by tech magnate Chamath Palihapitiya, who proclaimed...

Cryptoasset Ecosystem Booms in Latin America and Caribbean: Study

5.10.2023
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) have jointly released a report that provides growing trends in the cryptocurrency industry in Latin America and the Caribbean. Latin America and the Caribbean have shown “substantial growth” in...