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Venezuela to Accelerate Crypto Usage in Response to Reimposed US Oil Sanctions: Report

Venezuela’s state-owned oil and gas company PDVSA is reportedly planning to speed up its use of crypto, particularly USDT, the largest stablecoin by market capitalization, to circumvent US sanctions. The…

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Latam Insights: Bitcoin Hurts El Salvador Credit Opportunities, Paraguay Supports Selling Power to Crypto Miners

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Bitcoin hinders El Salvador’s credit talks with the…

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Venezuelan Probe Unveils Crypto Money Laundering Scheme Linked to Oil Sale Embezzlement; Kraken Involved

The Venezuelan Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, unveiled the second wave of detentions linked to a crypto money laundering scheme derived from unregistered oil sales paid in different currencies and…

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DEX Dominance Sets Mexico Apart, While Argentina and Venezuela Seek Financial Stability in Crypto: Chainalysis

Latin America holds the seventh position among all regions in terms of the global crypto economy rankings by Chainalysis. It ranks ahead of only Sub-Saharan Africa but closely follows regions…

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Venezuelan BTC Miners Forced to Halt Operations Amid Anti-Corruption Investigation (Report)

The authorities of Venezuela have reportedly urged local bitcoin miners to temporarily halt operations while inspecting a major corruption scheme that could have drained up to $20 billion. People who…

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