Users in this country will pay for services and send remittances through text messages, without an Internet connection
The Dash Text users who are in Venezuela will not need an Internet connection to make their digital payments. From now, they...
It’s official! Venezuela’s oil-backed cryptocurrency, the Petro, is already available for purchase (for fiat currency or other digital tokens,) according to a tweet from the Economy Department of the country on October 29th.
The tweet was published along with an...
This is the first institute in Latin America that uses blockchain technology to support electronic certificates. Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Cambridge also use this tool
For the first time in Latin America, a university institute uses...
The Venezuelan government authorized six (6) local platforms for the exchange of cryptocurrencies to begin the exchange of the national currency, El Petro (PTR). According to local newspapers, this currency will be available for exchange from October 17 on...
Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro recently announced the introduction of a new fiat currency, the Sovereign Bolívar (Bolivar Soberano,) which is the same as the old Bolívar Fuerte, but with five fewer zeros as a way to counter...
As the world of cryptocurrency, fintech, blockchain, artificial intelligence and other innovative technologies become more popular and penetrate new markets, a rise in the number of industry conferences has created a healthy competition for the attention of...
Uruguay begins financing blockchain projects through public and private investment.
Companies like ThalesLab and ANII are evaluating different ideas to take advantage of blockchain technology. ThalesLab and the National Agency for Innovation and Research (ANII) of Uruguay announced that the public...
Argentina pushes for blockchain implementation in the public and private sectors.
Three Argentine institutions from different sectors of the country are joining forces in order to develop a new blockchain-based platform for public and private usage. The project, "Blockchain Federal...
“Pier”, Brazil’s anti-corruption blockchain platform.
“Pier” is the codename for the recently announced Brazil’s Central Bank (BCB) blockchain platform. The platform will be used to facilitate information exchanged between the country's financial regulators and the BCB.
According to an official...
"Innovate or die!"
This is how the CEO of BBVA, Carlos Torres, summarized the vision of the bank on the future of the economy and financial sector. The executive observes the potential in cryptocurrency, in contrast to the opinion of regulators, and...
