EU and Mercosur Sign Historic Free Trade Agreement
The EU and South America’s Mercosur formally sign a long‑awaited trade pact in Asuncion to cut more than 90% of tariffs. Top officials from the European Union and the Mercosur…
Auto Added by WPeMatico
Hive Digital Completes Site Development in Paraguay, Achieves Hashrate Milestone
Digital Hive has completed the second phase of development for its mining site in Yguazú, Paraguay, reporting an increase in its hashrate to 18 EH/s. Luke Rossy, Hive’s COO, emphasized…
Paraguay to Launch $6 Million Equity Tokenization Project on Polkadot
The project will issue 130,000 equity tokens backed by $6 million for the Asunción Innovation Valley, a real‑estate development in Paraguay. The issuance is being managed by Better Use Blockchain,…
No One Fell for It: Paraguay’s Bitcoin Legal Tender Announcement Was a Zero-Sum Hack
A recent social media post by President Santiago Peña announcing the enactment of bitcoin as Paraguay’s legal tender, shook the crypto community. Nonetheless, this turned out to be a scheme…
Latam Insights: XRP ETF Debuts in Brazil, Argentina Keeps Trumping the Dollar
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto and economic news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, the first XRP ETF debuts…
Alert: Bitcoin Mining Could Collapse Paraguay’s Power Grid by 2029
The Paraguayan Industrial Union (UIP) stated that if demand continues to rise due to the growth of bitcoin mining activities, Paraguay’s power grid could collapse as early as 2029. The…
Over $4 Billion Moved by Cryptocurrency Scams in Paraguay
Diosnel Alarcon, head of the cybercrime unit of the National Police of Paraguay, has indicated that over $4 billion was moved by cryptocurrency scams and Ponzi schemes in 2023 and…
Hive Digital Doubles Down on Paraguay Bitcoin Mining Expansion
“Hive Digital Chairman Frank Holmes stated that the company expects to expand its capacity by over 400% with its initiatives in Paraguay, a country that offers ample hydroelectric energy for…
Holy Bitcoin: Paraguayan Power Company Detects Illegal Crypto Mining Operation in a Church
The National Power Administration of Paraguay (ANDE) recently detected an illegal bitcoin mining operation in an evangelical church. The church, which shared a power line with a nearby store, had…
Latam Insights: Bukele Used Bitcoin as a Rebranding Tool; Bitcoin Mining Companies Stop Operating in Paraguay After Power Fee Hikes
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the past week. In this issue: Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele acknowledges that bitcoin rebranded…
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- …
- 7
- Go to the next page