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Consensus 2021: Crypto Is Booming in Brazil, but Regulations Lag Behind

Brazil's largest crypto exchange, Mercado Bitcoin, has already traded $5 billion in the first quarter of 2021 alone compared to $1.2 billion in all of 2020.

A Sunny Sunday at the Beaches in Rio de Janeiro Amidst High Numbers of Infected People by the Coronavirus (COVID - 19)

Finanzas

E-Commerce Giant MercadoLibre Discloses $7.8M Bitcoin Buy

The Latin American retailer said the purchase was in the last quarter.

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Mercados

$2.2B Bitso Becomes First Crypto Unicorn in Latin America

The Mexico-based company said it is now valued at $2.2 billion, making it the first cryptocurrency company in the region to exceed a value of $1 billion.

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

Finanzas

Citi Completes Cross-Border Payments Pilot Using LACChain

Citi teamed with the Inter-American Development Bank to send cross-border payments between the U.S. and Latin America.

Payments went from IDB’s headquarters to a recipient in the Dominican Republic.

Vídeos

Bitcoin Pioneer Diego Gutierrez Zaldivar on the Crypto Outlook in Latin America

Bitcoin pioneer and serial crypto entrepreneur Diego Gutierrez Zaldivar discusses his career path in blockchain tech and his outlook for the quickly changing crypto ecosystem in Latin America.

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The Latin American Crypto Community Is Focused on These Top Issues

The team behind the crypto community on Status, an encrypted messaging app, joins “Community Crypto” to discuss the use cases for cryptocurrencies in Latin America.

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Vídeos

What's Behind the Exploding Demand for DeFi in Latin America?

Crypto is booming in Mexico, and DeFi technologies are spreading across the Latin American region. Daniel Vogel, CEO of Mexico City-based crypto exchange Bitso, explains what's driving the hot crypto market, the current state of regulations in Mexico and how DeFi can find a foothold in economies underserved by the traditional financial system.

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Finanzas

EOS Builder Block.one Joins Enterprise Blockchain Alliance in Latin America

The LACChain EOSIO network is due to be released for enterprise use within the next few weeks.

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Finanzas

Bitso Buys Gibraltar-Based Crypto Derivatives Platform Quedex

Mexico City-based Bitso plans to incorporate Quedex’s high-performance trading engine across the exchange.

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

Mercados

La carrera de Colombia por convertirse en un mercado líder de criptomonedas en la región

Durante el año 2020, Colombia experimentó un gran incremento del uso de criptomonedas como reserva de valor y con fines transaccionales.

Bogota, Colombia