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

Bitcoin-miljonären Tim Draper råder nystartade företag att behålla Bitcoin som en säkring mot en "Domino"-körning på bankerna

Tim Draper, a venture capitalist and bitcoin millionaire, has included bitcoin as part of a series of cash management recommendations offered to startup founders. Draper recommended having at least two payrolls worth of cash in bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies to avoid

Flera kryptoväxlingswebbplatser har tagits ner i Kazakstan

Financial authorities in Kazakhstan have targeted at least five online platforms exchanging cryptocurrencies outside the law. Documents, computer equipment, and cryptocurrency wallets have been seized during searches in the northern part of the country. Kazakhstan’s Financial Watchdog Goes After Unlicensed Crypto

Den börsnoterade Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain stänger av Nasdaq-handeln

Bitcoin miner Argo Blockchain announced that it requested the suspension of trading its company shares on Dec. 27, as the company expects to make an announcement on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022. The company’s stock has lost 96.34% year-to-date and on Dec….

Meta kommer att fortsätta att driva in Metaverse-investeringar 2023 Enligt Head Of Reality Labs

Meta will continue to invest in VR (virtual reality) tech in 2023, according to statements made by Andrew Bosworth, head of Reality Labs, the metaverse division of the company. While Meta has made some changes and adapted to the current shaky

Nordkoreanska Lazarus Group kopplad till ett nytt hackningsschema för kryptovaluta

The Lazarus group, a North Korean hacking organization previously linked to criminal activity, has been connected to a new attack scheme to breach systems and steal cryptocurrency from third parties. The campaign, which uses a modified version of an already existing

Bitcoin Miner Cleanspark förvärvar 3,853 Bitmain-tillverkade BTC gruvriggar för $5.9 Miljon

On Nov. 1, 2022, the bitcoin miner Cleanspark revealed it acquired 3,853 Bitmain-brand Antminer S19J Pro mining rigs for $5.9 miljon. According to Cleanspark, the company has purchased 26,500 bitcoin mining machines since the crypto winter started in June. Cleanspark-köp…

Fransk advokat ber den ryska patriarken att hjälpa till att rädda Alexander Vinnik från "politisk rättegång" i USA

A member of the defense team of the alleged BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik has called on the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to intervene in support of his client. The Russian national may be sentenced to over 50 years in

Vetenskapliga kärnaktier nedgraderades efter att SEC lämnade in tips om möjlig konkurs

One of the largest publicly listed bitcoin miners, Kärnvetenskaplig, has shaken investors with a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that raises the possibility the company may apply for bankruptcy protection. The filing notes that Core Scientific

NFT-marknaden förväntas nå $200 Miljarder in 2030

En ny rapport förutspår att det totala värdet av NFT-marknaden kommer att nå $200 miljarder in 2030. Rapporten, utgiven av Grand View Research, ett multinationellt marknadsinsiktsföretag, found that the rising demand for this kind of instrument