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Finance

Why Latin American Crypto Exchanges Are Doubling Down on Yield Products

Despite inflation and macroeconomic instability, regional companies offer interest rates of up to 15% on different stablecoins, well above their global competitors.

Exchanges latinoamericanos ofrecen tasas de rendimiento cripto más altas que las sus pares en otras regiones. (CoinDesk archive)

Finance

Crypto Firms, Especially Exchanges, Slash Jobs as Market Rout Continues

Many crypto companies are announcing substantial job cuts and hiring freezes amid challenging times for cryptocurrency and equity markets.

The bear market downturn in the cryptocurrency and equity markets has led to growing layoffs by crypto firms. (Getty Images)

Finance

Bitso, primer unicornio cripto de América Latina, despide a 80 empleados

El exchange, que tenía más de 700 empleados antes de los recortes, cuenta con cuatro millones de usuarios en la región.

Daniel Vogel, CEO y cofundador de Bitso. (Bitso)

Finance

Top Latin American Crypto Exchange Bitso Lays Off 80 Employees

The company, which had more than 700 workers before the cuts, counts four million users in the region.

Daniel Vogel, CEO y cofundador de Bitso. (Bitso)

Policy

Buenos Aires City to Allow Residents to Make Tax Payments With Crypto

The crypto will be converted to Argentine pesos by crypto firms before being given to the city, said Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta.

Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sasha Stories/Unsplash)

Finance

Latin American Crypto Exchange Bitso Hires New Brazil Chief

The executive once had leadership roles at Citibank and HSBC.

Thales Araújo de Freitas, the new country manager of Bitso's Brazil operation. (Bitso)

Videos

Could Bitcoin Become Legal Tender in Mexico?

Mexican senator Indira Kempis recently introduced a bill proposing that bitcoin become legal tender in the country. Felipe Vallejo, chief regulatory officer at Mexico-based crypto exchange Bitso, the first crypto unicorn in Latin America, joins "Community Crypto" to weigh in on whether that prospect could become reality by following El Salvador's example.

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Finance

Unicornio latinoamericano de delivery Rappi lanza piloto de pagos en cripto

La empresa colombiana se alió con BitPay y Bitso para convertir criptomonedas en créditos para compras dentro de su plataforma.

Conductor de Rappi en Playa Del Carmen, México (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images).

Finance

Latin American Delivery Unicorn Rappi Launches Crypto Payments Pilot

The Colombia-based company has partnered with BitPay and Bitso to convert crypto into credits for purchases within its platform.

Conductor de Rappi en Playa Del Carmen, México (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images).

Finance

Venture capital: las inversiones en cripto en América Latina alcanzaron los $653 millones en 2021

El monto fue casi diez veces superior al registrado en 2020, según la Asociación de Inversión de Capital Privado en América Latina.

Latin America (Leon Overwheel/Unsplash)

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