Crypto Remittances Prove Their Worth in Latin America
Crypto remittances are growing in Latin America, particularly in the wake of other remittance platforms shutting off access to some markets.
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Dec 9, 2020 at 3:30 p.m. UTC
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Pizza Hut Venezuela Now Accepts Crypto Payments
The Venezuelan arm of the restaurant chain now accepts dash and bitcoin through CryptoBuyer.
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Nov 30, 2020 at 8:38 a.m. UTC
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US Government Enlists USDC for 'Global Foreign Policy Objective' in Venezuela: Circle CEO
The U.S. government is sending USDC payments to Venezuela using Circle and Airtm to bypass Nicolas Maduro, the nation's dictator.
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Nov 20, 2020 at 7:36 p.m. UTC
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Venezuela's Bitcoin Story Puts It in a Category of One
Venezuela’s peer-to-peer bitcoin activity has been extraordinary, whether measured as an absolute or relative to GDP, according to CoinDesk Research data.
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Nov 11, 2020 at 8:42 p.m. UTC
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Venezuela Rolls Out Ethereum-Based Stock Exchange to Help Skirt US Sanctions
The blockchain-based exchange comes as part of new measures announced by Pres. Nicolas Maduro in a bid to sidestep tough U.S. sanctions.
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Oct 2, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
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Venezuela Legalizes Crypto Mining but Will Force Industry Into National Pool
The Venezuelan agency responsible for regulating cryptos has legalized the mining industry, but in the process mandated it be centralized under government control.
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Sep 23, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. UTC
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Here in Venezuela, Doctors Struggle to Access Aid From Crypto Platform
For a moment, it looked as if crypto would make a huge stride in Venezuela. But accessing funds from abroad has been difficult.
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Sep 21, 2020 at 6:35 p.m. UTC
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How a Hacker Launched a Decentralized Network to Track Internet Censorship
Using free and open-source software, the Open Observatory of Network Interference has built a “decentralized, citizen-led, internet censorship observatory.”
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Sep 15, 2020 at 8:24 p.m. UTC
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Paxful, Citing Regulations and Its Own 'Risk Tolerance,' Exits Venezuela's P2P Bitcoin Market
The exit deprives Venezuela's crypto scene of its second-largest P2P exchange.
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Sep 14, 2020 at 9:42 p.m. UTC
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Venezuela Blocks Access to Coinbase and Remittance Service MercaDolar
Venezuela has blocked access to Coinbase and MercaDolar, cryptocurrency and fiat remittance platforms respectively, alongside two VPN providers.
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Sep 9, 2020 at 2:31 a.m. UTC
Sep 9, 2020