Political upheaval triggers the use of cryptocurrencies in Venezuela

The volume of cryptocurrency transactions doubled in one year. Venezuelans do not prefer bitcoin, they use stablecoins, ETH and altcoins more. Immersed in a strong political upheaval that has been aggravated after the presidential elections held last July, Venezuelans turn to cryptocurrencies as a refuge of value. Digital assets become one of the main tools … Read more

Argentine soccer gets into the tokenization of players

Fans can invest in their favorite players and make a profit, says Chiqui Tapia. Win Investments seeks to digitize and fragment FIFA’s “solidarity mechanism.” The Argentine Football Association (AFA) has signed an agreement with the club financing platform Win Investments, aimed at the tokenization of player training rights. This agreement, recently announced by Claudio “Chiqui” … Read more

TON exceeds 100 million unique users

At the beginning of 2024, TON had only 4 million addresses with a balance greater than zero. The TON cryptocurrency is up 127% since January 1, 2024. The TON cryptocurrency network, co-created by Pavel Durov, who is also known for being the founder of Telegram, has reached a significant milestone by surpassing 100 million unique … Read more

“Stablecoins are not a safe haven to face this financial crisis”

«Despite their supposed convertibility to fiat world currencies, the stablecoins “They are not the safest assets to face the current financial crisis,” says a working document from the European Central Bank (ECB) published on October 7. In his study, titled «Stablecoins, Money Market Funds, and Monetary Policy» (Stablecoins, money market funds and monetary policy), the … Read more

Argentina consolidates itself as the country that uses cryptocurrencies the most in Latin America

After several years in which the leader in adoption in Latin America was Brazil, in 2024 the first place as the country that uses cryptocurrencies the most in the region went to Argentina. As indicated by the recent Chainalysis statistics, with figures for the period from June 2023 to June 2024, the volumes of transactions … Read more

70,000 bitcoins on verge of liquidation after US seizure dispute

The bitcoins, estimated at USD 4.4 billion, are claimed by the firm Battle Born Investments. The firm had appealed to the US Supreme Court in order to recover the BTC. At the start of its annual session, the Supreme Court of Justice, the highest court in the United States, refused to review an appeal related … Read more

Crypto.com hits back at the SEC “to protect the future of cryptocurrencies”

The platform believes that the SEC has expanded its jurisdiction beyond legal limits. “We seek to stop the SEC’s illegal actions that exceed its authority and violate the law,” they say. This Tuesday, October 8, Crypto.com filed a lawsuit against the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), seeking to protect the future of the … Read more

How to buy crypto without paying commissions

Commissions in crypto trading have, for a long time, been assumed to be a “necessary evil.” We have resigned ourselves to its negative impact on our profits. But is it really inevitable to lose part of our profits in each operation? In this article, we take an in-depth look at how fees affect them and … Read more