Report: Gen Z in Chile Is Mostly Digital and Crypto-Native
Kushki, an Ecuador-based fintech company, has revealed that more than half of all centennials in Chile use digital means to settle their payments and are knowledgeable about crypto and its…
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Chile Quiere Bitcoin: Legislators Rally Around Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Proposal
Legislators in Chile are preparing to support the creation of a bitcoin bench in Congress to lead the regulatory charge in the Latin American nation. The goal is to introduce…
No Bitcoin! Central Bank of Chile Rejects Adding BTC as a Reserve Asset
The Central Bank of Chile recently stated that it could not add bitcoin to its reserves, as this crypto asset fails to comply with the requirements to be included as…
Chilean Authorities Probe World’s Domiciliary Eye Scanning Activities Pilot
Chilean authorities from the consumer protection watchdog SERNAC are investigating the company that will provide domiciliary iris scanning services to World, formerly Worldcoin. The measure comes after the institution asked…
Coinwire Report: Latam to More Than Double Its Crypto Trading Levels This Year
A recent report by Coinwire, a cryptocurrency research portal, predicts that cryptocurrency adoption levels in Latam will more than double in 2024. The report, which examined trading movements on trusted…
Blackrock’s Bitcoin ETF Starts Trading in Chilean Stock Exchange
Last week, the Ishares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) arrived at the Santiago Stock Exchange, the main financial market of Chile. The leading spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) instrument, which was approved…
Latam Insights: Brazil to Offer Bitcoin Futures, Paraguay Battles Mining, Worldcoin Wins in Chile
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: the Brazilian stock exchange will offer bitcoin futures…
Latam Insights: Chile to Keep Advancing CBDC Tests, Argentina Debuts VASP Registry
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: the Central Bank of Chile will keep experimenting…
The driving forces behind crypto adoption in Latin America in 2022
Inflation has fueled crypto growth in the region, stimulating asset tokenization and remittance infrastructure development.
Victory of President-Elect ‘Lula’ in Brazil Might Bring the Rise of a Common Currency for Latam
The victory President-Elect Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva obtained on Oct. 30 over the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil might open the gates for the proposal of a single currency…