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Latam Insights: Brazil Pushes BRICS Away From the US Dollar, Bitcoin Adoption Falters in El Salvador
21.10.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the past week. In this issue, Brazil pushes BRICS to use national currencies instead of the dollar, bitcoin adoption reaches critical levels in El Salvador, and smart contracts achieve...
Binance Expands Mobile Money Across Africa — 6 More Countries Gain Access
19.10.2024
Crypto exchange Binance has expanded its reach in West and Central Africa, integrating mobile money payments for cryptocurrency purchases in six countries. This move supports Binance’s goal to boost financial inclusion and make digital assets more accessible. By offering a secure...
TON could help DeFi break into mainstream: Report
18.10.2024
The prediction raises a hopeful sign for the struggling DeFi sector, which has been underperforming other crypto niches like memecoins and smart contract platform-related tokens
TON could help DeFi break into mainstream: Report
18.10.2024
The prediction raises a hopeful sign for the struggling DeFi sector, which has been underperforming other crypto niches such as memecoins and smart contract platform-related tokens
Behind Alchemy Pay and Yellow Card’s Bold Plan for African Crypto Adoption
18.10.2024
Alchemy Pay and Yellow Card have teamed up to make cryptocurrency more accessible in Africa. Alchemy Pay’s on-ramp product will utilize Yellow Card’s payment infrastructure in 20 African countries, allowing users to purchase crypto with their local fiat currencies. This partnership aims...
Crypto Goes Mainstream: Blackrock Boosts North America’s $1.3T Inflows
18.10.2024
Cryptocurrency is increasingly integrated into the mainstream as North America continues to lead the global crypto market, receiving $1.3 trillion in onchain value between July 2023 and June 2024, according to Chainalysis. Institutional giants like Goldman Sachs and Blackrock are now taking serious...
Bitcoin Adoption Reaches Critical Low in El Salvador Despite Government Push
18.10.2024
A new survey has found that bitcoin usage has dropped to critical levels in El Salvador, with less than 10% of its citizens using it to make transactions. The numbers are surprising to analysts, given the push that President Nayib Bukele has made for bitcoin in the country since its adoption...
US lagging behind in global stablecoin adoption — Chainalysis
17.10.2024
Growing demand for US dollar-backed stablecoins and regulatory uncertainty in the US are the key reasons for stablecoins thriving in other jurisdictions
Ethereum validators up 30% in a year, driven by institutional adoption
16.10.2024
Institutional interest is increasing thanks to the capital efficiency introduced by restaking and liquid staking
Ethereum validators up 30% in a year, driven by institutional adoption
16.10.2024
Institutional interest is increasing thanks to the capital efficiency introduced by restaking and liquid staking
MicroStrategy shares soar 1,540% since 2020, outperforming S&P 500
16.10.2024
MicroStrategy is up over 1,500% since 2020, while the S&P 500 index rose just over 111% during the same four-year period
MicroStrategy shares soar 1,540% since 2020, outperforming S&P 500
16.10.2024
MicroStrategy is up over 1,500% since 2020, while the S&P 500 index rose just over 111% during the same four-year period
Mercy Corps CIO explains how NGOs can integrate blockchain to amplify their efforts
16.10.2024
Rapid and efficient humanitarian aid distribution is enhanced through the use of blockchain technology. Mercy Corps CIO Scott Onder explains how
Sonic Co-Founder Andre Cronje Criticizes Ethereum L2 Appchain Adoption
16.10.2024
Andre Cronje, co-founder of Sonic and yearn.fi, criticized the growing trend of creating Ethereum Layer 2s designed and tailored for a specific protocol or decentralized finance app (Appchains). Cronje detailed that this approach had many downsides, including the lack of infrastructure, zero...
Over 90% of Salvadorans don’t transact with Bitcoin: Survey
16.10.2024
Salvadorans have expressed approval of President Nayib Bukele, but they’ve not exactly warmed to his adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender
Bitget Wallet Reaches 40 Million Users in Growing Web3 Space
16.10.2024
Bitget Wallet, a non-custodial crypto wallet, has now surpassed 40 million users, achieving more than 100% growth since March 2024. In September alone, the app was downloaded nearly 6 million times, making it the second most downloaded cryptocurrency application globally, just behind Binance....
Cointelegraph partners with WAGMI to create the biggest Web3 event in America
15.10.2024
The upcoming WAGMI 2025 conference in Miami aims to become the biggest Web3 and blockchain event in the United States, bolstered by a new partnership with Cointelegraph
Trump leads Harris, but POTUS won’t matter for Bitcoin: BlackRock’s Fink
15.10.2024
As Trump extends his lead over Harris in the prediction markets, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said it doesn’t matter to Bitcoin who occupies the White House
Ripple announces exchange partners for RLUSD stablecoin
15.10.2024
More regulatory-compliant stablecoins like RLUSD could benefit mainstream crypto adoption worldwide
PancakeSwapX launches with zero-fees, gasless swaps on Ethereum, Arbitrum
15.10.2024
Gasless swaps could ease the DeFi onboarding process, bolstering mass crypto adoption among new holders