Santiago sets the creation of a consortium to promote the development of Blockchain applications. Interest in investing in Bitcoin grows after the pandemic.
This week, the price of Bitcoin broke a record by reaching USD 24,000 yesterday for the first time in its history. Meanwhile, events in the crypto ecosystem in Latin America and the Caribbean did not stop.
Among the most outstanding pieces of news of the week, a study revealed that, within the P2P trading platform LocalBitcoins, the markets of Colombia and Venezuela accounted for more than 23% of the total volume of transactions on said exchange during 2020.
Together, the South American countries outperformed Russia (17.4%), which ranked first by volume of trade on the platform.
In other events, the Crypto Latin Fest culminated the regional conference that brought together local and international speakers to discuss and debate around certain topics of interest to the ecosystem.
Santiago Stock Exchange promotes the development of Blockchain applications
The Santiago Stock Exchange, in alliance with the Central Securities Depository (DCV) and the telecommunications company Gtd announced this week the launch of AUNA, a consortium for companies to create and access solutions based on Blockchain technology.
in a recent press release, AUNA said that members will be able to create, launch and commercialize Blockchain applications; as well as generating alliances with other companies in the ecosystem and accessing the network of companies associated with the three founding firms.
AUNA uses the technological base designed and constituted by the Santiago Stock Exchange, which has been in production since 2018 and is used by the application of securities loans based on the Hyperledger Blockchain.
Among the advantages and benefits, we can find that platform participants will be able to access documentation on how to create Blockchain applications and tools for the easy creation of applications based on said technology.
In this regard, during AUNA’s presentation on December 16, the Manager of Clients and Businesses of the Santiago Stock Exchange, Andrés Araya, commented:
“AUNA Blockchain is the first initiative of its nature in Latin America and will allow the development and deepening of the financial market in our country as well as the generation of the best conditions for the stock and financial business.”
Inhabitants of the region are raising more interest in investing in crypto
A recent survey revealed that people in Latin American countries are more interested in investing in Bitcoin after the pandemic.
In a Sherlock Communications report, shared by the Paxful team, it can be concluded that at least 50% of those users in the survey are growing interest in buying a cryptocurrency.
The study asked residents of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico if they would be interested in investing in cryptocurrencies as a result of the economic crisis that the COVID-19 had brought to the entire region.
As a result, between 31% and 39% responded that they would be “much more interested”. Meanwhile, between 35% and 51% of those surveyed stressed that they would be “a little more interested”.
By: Jenson Nuñez.
