Latam Insights: Bolivia säljer guld för dollar, Argentina förbjuder Fintech Crypto, Fitch uppgraderar El Salvadors kreditbetyg

Välkommen till Latam Insights, ett kompendium med de mest relevanta nyheterna om krypto och ekonomisk utveckling från Latinamerika under den senaste veckan. I detta nummer, Bolivia antar en lag om att sälja guld för dollar, the Central Bank of Argentina bans fintech

Brasilien förbjuder telegram tillfälligt på grund av påstådd bristande samarbete i kampen mot skolvåld

A federal judge in Brazil has ordered the temporary suspension of Telegram in the country and established hefty fines due to the supposed lack of collaboration of the company in a national crusade against school violence. Telegram failed to deliver information

Binance stämt av CFTC för påstådda överträdelser av handel och derivatregler

Världen’s largest crypto exchange by trade volume, Binance Holdings Ltd., has been sued by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has been named in the lawsuit and the charges claim the crypto exchange broke several trading

Binance förbjuder ryssar från P2P-transaktioner med dollar och euro

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has introduced new restrictions for Russian users, in accordance with the latest European sanctions. The platform is restricting access to peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions in U.S. dollars and euros for traders based in the Russian Federation. Binance Prohibits US

IMF kräver "mer" kryptoreglering - säger att förbud borde vara ett alternativ

Internationella valutafonden (IMF) Verkställande direktör Kristalina Georgieva säger kryptobehov “mer reglering.” Tillade hon, “Vi bör inte ta bort bordet för att förbjuda dessa tillgångar,” om regleringen misslyckas eller är för långsam att genomföra. IMF’s chef efterlyser mer kryptoreglering…

Rapportera: Sydsudans regering förbjuder transaktioner i amerikanska dollar

The government of South Sudan has reportedly prohibited U.S. dollar-based transactions and has directed that all local payments be settled in the local currency. The Salva Kiir Mayardit government reportedly said it also wants all signed commercial contracts to be based

Vita huset publicerar "Roadmap" för att minska riskerna med kryptovaluta

The White House has published aroadmap to mitigate cryptocurrenciesrisks.The roadmap calls for authorities toramp up enforcement where appropriateand Congressto step up its effortsto regulate the crypto sector. It also notes that legislation should not

Glöm inte vikten av censurmotstånd

Since people are once again talking about self-custody as one of cryptos unique strengths, I would like to remind everyone about an equally important fundamental value proposition of crypto that, in the early days, was touted as the killer feature. jag’m…

EU förbjuder kryptotjänster för ryssar i nya sanktioner mot Ukrainas upptrappning

An array of crypto-related services have been targeted in the latest round of sanctions on Russia approved by the EU. The measures are part of an expected tightening of the economic and financial restrictions in response to Moscows decision to annex

Nicolas Maduro frestar västerut med ett överflöd av olja och gas, Venezuelas president vill häva sanktionerna

Amid the economic rumblings across the world and the energy crisis in Europe, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has said his country is ready to step up and help with oil. Despite the fact that Venezuela has the largest supply of crude