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Finance

Argentina's Ripio Acquires Second-Largest Crypto Exchange in Brazil

Ripio has acquired BitcoinTrade in a bid to increase its footprint across the frothy Latin American crypto market.

Ripio CEO Sebastian Serrano (Ripio)

Markets

Las criptomonedas crecen en la problemática economía de Argentina

La industria de la criptografía de Argentina registró volúmenes comerciales récord este año, en medio de la pandemia de COVID-19 y las dificultades económicas.

Congreso Nacional de Argentina

Markets

Crypto Is Booming in Economically Challenged Argentina

Argentina's crypto industry saw record trading volumes this year, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and economic hardship.

Congreso Nacional de Argentina

Markets

Crypto Remittances Prove Their Worth in Latin America

Crypto remittances are growing in Latin America, particularly in the wake of other remittance platforms shutting off access to some markets.

Dollar bills in the cash drawer of a bakery shop Caracas, Venezuela. (Matias Delacroix/Getty Images)

Finance

Coinbase-Backed Bitso Raises $62M to Expand Crypto Footprint in Brazil

Latin American crypto exchange Bitso has raised a whopping $62 million funding round, the largest in the region for a digital asset firm.

Mexico City, where Bitso is based

Policy

Bolivia Essentially Banned Crypto but Blockchain Advocates Are Pushing Back

Bolivia is one of the rare countries that has essentially banned cryptocurrency, but the nation's blockchain advocates aren't giving up.

Bolivia

Markets

Latin America's Big Blockchain Opportunity

Decentralizing the financial sector and putting trust in distributed ledgers means less reliance on the continent's corrupt intermediaries.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Policy

How a Decentralized Internet Can Power Latin America's Economy

Bitcoin, fintech and DeFi can help Latin America become an interconnected and inclusive regional economy.

Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sasha Stories/Unsplash)

Markets

Chainalysis Report Shows Healthy Crypto Usage in Venezuela

The Venezuelan government's push to create a cryptocurrency-centric economy appears to be working, but perhaps not in the way officials had hoped.

Traffic in Caracas (luisana zerpa/Unsplash)

Markets

VC-Backed Crypto Exchange Mexo Launches in Latin America

Mexo, a cryptocurrency exchange designed for the Latin American user, launched on Thursday.

(Alexander Mak/Shutterstock)