Brazil limits innovation by banning stablecoins

Germer also believes that there are now “much clearer rules of the game.” Brazil notified that cryptoassets cannot be used in eFX, its international payments service. Ralf Germer, CEO of the firm PagBrasil, developer of the Pix International gateway, considers that the recent ban by the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) on the use of … Read more

Tokenization or cheating? The Venezuelan bolivar sneaks into Ethereum without liquidity

99% of the supply is in three anonymous wallets, facilitating market manipulations. With zero price and automatic activity, the token acts as a bait for phishing. The Ethereum infrastructure today allows almost any currency in the world to be represented, but not all “tokenization” is synonymous with security. In fact, behind a bolivar or the … Read more

The US prohibits Venezuela from paying its debt advisors with cryptocurrencies

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) authorized US companies and professionals to provide legal and financial advice to the Government of Venezuela for a possible restructuring of its foreign debt, but imposed a clear prohibition: these services cannot be paid with cryptocurrencies. General License No. 58, issued on May 5, 2026, expressly prohibits payments … Read more

Remittances with cryptocurrencies to El Salvador grew 50%

Family remittances continue to be one of the strongest pillars of the Salvadoran economy, but in the first months of 2026 an emerging actor is rapidly gaining ground: digital cryptocurrency wallets. According to the Graphic Report on Family Remittances of the Central Reserve Bank (BCR), published at the end of April, this channel registered a … Read more