Argentina

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Argentina Dismantles Illegal Crypto Mining Operation, Arrests 40
The country’s tax collection agency has seized cash and crypto mining equipment in a series of raids.
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Crypto Update | The Labor Report Wasn't Bad Enough to Make Markets Rally
With bitcoin clinging to the $20K mark following the latest official statistics on the US job market, plus a look at how some people are taking out loans against their crypto,...
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Energy production in Vaca Muerta, Argentina. (Ricardo Ceppi/Getty Images)
Argentina's State-Owned Energy Company Moves Into Crypto Mining
YPF is currently supplying power for a 1 megawatt operation and plans to launch a second project eight times larger before the end of the year.
Energy production in Vaca Muerta, Argentina. (Ricardo Ceppi/Getty Images)

A Bitfarms employee inspects bitcoin mining hardware. (Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Starts Production in Argentina, Increases Hashrate to 4.1 EH/s
The Canadian company plans to open a second mining site in the country, which has low electricity costs, next year.
A Bitfarms employee inspects bitcoin mining hardware. (Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)

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Argentina’s Tax Authority Conducts First-Ever Raids on Secret Crypto Miners
According to the agency, three crypto farms with irregularities were uncovered last week in the South American country.
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Crypto's Role in Argentina's Financial Crisis
Crypto’s Role in Argentina’s Financial Crisis
Exactly Finance co-founder and CEO Gabriel Gruber joins “Community Crypto” to discuss why Argentinians are turning to crypto as a potential tool for financial freedom amid an...
Crypto's Role in Argentina's Financial Crisis

Lemon Cash Putting Argentina at 'Forefront of Technology,' Says Co-Founder
Lemon Cash Putting Argentina at ‘Forefront of Technology,’ Says Co-Founder
Lemon Cash co-founder and CBO Borja Martel Seward joins “Community Crypto” to discuss how the Argentinian crypto exchange is helping put “the entire country into the forefront...
Lemon Cash Putting Argentina at 'Forefront of Technology,' Says Co-Founder

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Crypto Isn’t a Protest Tool; It’s a Survival Tool
A look at the role of stablecoins and other cryptos in high-inflation countries like Argentina.
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Protesters in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Leah Callon-Butler/CoinDesk)
Why Crypto Isn't a Tool for Protest in Argentina
The idea that growing stablecoin use can offer a solution to Argentina's persistent economic and political problems doesn't accord with reality, says Leah Callon-Butler after...
Protesters in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Leah Callon-Butler/CoinDesk)

An Argentine province now accepts cryptos for tax payments. (Unsplash)
Argentina's Mendoza Province Now Accepts Cryptocurrencies for Tax Payments
Crypto payments would be immediately converted to Argentine pesos.
An Argentine province now accepts cryptos for tax payments. (Unsplash)