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Finance

Bolivian State Energy Firm to Use Crypto to Pay for Imports: Reuters

YBFB hopes that using crypto will be a direct solution to the nation's shortage in U.S. dollars and foreign currency reserves.

Bolivia flag (Planet Volumes/Unsplash +)

Finance

Bitfinex Launches Peer-to-Peer Trading Platform in Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela

Users will be able to buy and sell bitcoin, ether, USDT, EURT and XAUT.

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Finance

Coinbase Expands in Brazil, Allows Crypto Purchases With Brazilian Reals

Previously, the exchange's users in Brazil could purchase crypto only with a credit card.

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Consensus Magazine

ReFi for the People: How Crypto Can Help Local Communities Help Their Ecosystems

A hyper-localized breed of regenerative finance hopes to use crypto not only to improve the world’s carbon footprint but improve lives’ of local communities.

A view of the Suriname river from the Blauwe Berg. The small nation north of Brazil is home to a couple of projects trying to use blockchain to preserve the forest. (-JvL-/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Brazil's Largest Public Bank Enables Tax Payments to Be Made With Crypto

The service will operate in partnership with Bitfy, a startup focused on blockchain solutions.

Oficinas de Banco do Brasil en Brasilia, Brasil. (Henrique Dias/Unsplash)

Policy

Paraguay Votes Down Crypto Regulatory Bill in a Blow to Crypto Mining Industry

The bill would have capped how much the grid operator can charge bitcoin miners for electricity.

Palacio legislativo de Paraguay. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

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In the Colombian Andes, Figuring Out How Crypto Can Save the Climate

Earnest eco-crypto nerds at a three-day retreat attempted to resolve interoperability among crypto-climate projects.

A hummingbird nesting in the main room for the crypto eco retreat at Tierra de Agua in Cocorna, Colombia. (Milton Giraldo, edited by CoinDesk)

Finance

NFTs Are Going Big in Latin America Amid a Crypto Boom

Different companies and organizations are incorporating non-fungible tokens into users' daily lives, not speculating.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Huobi Global Enables Cryptocurrency Purchases With Fiat in Latin America

Huobi partnered with AstroPay, a company that offers online payment solutions, to offer the service.

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