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

Binance sägs ta bort restriktioner för ryska användare

Världen’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, has lifted certain restrictions on Russian users, local crypto media unveiled. According to multiple reports, Russians can once again use their bank cards to make deposits and the trading platform has canceled a limit on

CATO-institutet: CBDC det "enda största övergreppet mot finansiell integritet sedan banksekretesslagen skapades"

A central bank digital currency (CBDC) may turn out to be thesingle largest assault to financial privacy since the creation of the Bank Secrecy Act,” a policy analysis document released by CATO Institute has said. To stop the U.S. Federal

FL Gov. DeSantis föreslår förbud mot användning av digital valuta från centralbanken som pengar

Governor Ron DeSantis of the U.S. state of Florida has proposed legislation to prohibit the use of central bank digital currency (CBDC) as money in his state. “The Biden administrations efforts to inject a centralized bank digital currency is about surveillance

Den republikanske kongressledamoten Tom Emmer frågar FDIC om påstådda försök att rensa bort kryptoaktivitet från USA

På onsdag, Tom Emmer, USA. Republican congressman from Minnesota, revealed he sent a letter to Martin Gruenberg, the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), regarding reports that the FDIC is “weaponizing recent instability” in the U.S. banking industry

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

Amerikanska åklagare försöker ytterligare begränsa den tidigare FTX-vd:n Sam Bankman-Frieds internetåtkomst

USA. advokat för Southern District of New York (SDNY), Damian Williams, och justitiedepartementet (DOJ) are requestingproposed modificationsto the bail conditions of former FTX CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried. The SDNY prosecutor is asking the court to

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

Rapportera: Nigeria för att stoppa kontantuttag från statliga konton

From the start of March, Nigerian public officials will be barred from withdrawing cash from government bank accounts, the head of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit reportedly said. Public officials that want to be exempted from this new regulation will have

Fullständigt förbud mot krypto i Ryssland skulle vara kontraproduktivt, Rosfinmonitoring säger

Russian citizens and businesses already own cryptocurrencies, which is why a complete crypto ban would be counterproductive, according to a top executive of Rosfinmonitoring, Russia’s financial intelligence agency. På samma gång, the regulator supports prohibiting payments with digital coins and