Community celebrates visit of Coinbase co-founder to Venezuela

On social networks there is a mix of expectation, skepticism and criticism. Venezuela has one of the most active cryptocurrency communities in Latin America. The visit of Fred Ehrsam, co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of Coinbase, to the Bank of Venezuela (BDV) this Wednesday, May 13, is generating a wide debate on … Read more

Ethereum seeks to reduce the completion of its transactions to 13 seconds

The purpose is the guarantee that a transaction can no longer be reversed or altered. Currently, in Ethereum the finality of the blocks is reached between 12 and 16 minutes. The Ethereum ecosystem received a plan to reduce the irreversible confirmation time of its transactions from around 16 minutes currently to around 13 seconds. The … Read more

Cardano whales reach 25 billion ADA for the first time

These wallets already hold 67% of the circulating supply of the ADA cryptocurrency. At current prices, 1 million ADA is equivalent to approximately $260,000. Wallets with at least 1 million units of the cardano cryptocurrency (ADA) set a new accumulation record. This is reflected in the data on-chain provided on May 13, 2026 by the … Read more

Quantum Vault: reference post-quantum wallets for Bitcoin and Ethereum

Quantum-vaults transfer funds in a single operation and mark the address used as exposed. The second tool is libqc, a kit that upgrades Ethereum accounts to post-quantum. Two tools to build post-quantum wallets compatible with Bitcoin and Ethereum were published on GitHub by the company Project Eleven this May 12. It is about libqca TypeScript … Read more

we can connect Venezuelan companies and US banks with stablecoins

Within the framework of the Venezuela Tech Week event, held in Caracas from May 11 to 13, Ami Spiwak, co-founder of Qash, announced exclusively to CriptoNoticias that the neobank formally began operations in the country. The company, which specializes in the use of stablecoins linked to the dollar, functions as a financial bridge so that … Read more

Exodus liquidates more than 1,000 BTC to finance its expansion

Exodus Movement (EXOD), the digital asset management company and creator of the eponymous self-custody wallet, significantly reduced its bitcoin reserves during the first quarter of 2026, while increasing its exposure to Solana. The company went from holding 1,704 BTC at the end of December to 628 BTC at the end of March, while its solana … Read more

Bitcoin conquers self-service windows in restaurants with payments via Lightning

The race for efficiency at quick service windows is adding a new engine to its ecosystem. This, after, starting this May, the Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning network is integrated into the operational flow of food establishments in the United States with the ambition that the payment is confirmed before the order reaches the customer’s hands. This … Read more

“We are democratizing the financial education of Venezuelan children with Bitcoin”

Villalonga believes that children have a “different approach” to the cryptocurrency ecosystem. At Val-U they apply transversal teaching so that the little ones learn about finances. The Venezuelan startup Val-U, dedicated to financial education, has managed to integrate learning about bitcoin (BTC) and the decentralized economy into the curriculum of more than 5,000 students in … Read more

“Bitcoin mining has not disappeared from the Venezuelan legal system”: Crypto Tools

The company Crypto Tools, CA, which was dedicated to Bitcoin mining in Venezuela, issued a legal and technical analysis in which it questioned the legality of the equipment confiscation operations and the absolute prohibition of the activity dictated by the Ministry of Popular Power for Electric Energy (MPPEE). According to the firm, all State actions … Read more

“Costa Rica is moving towards an economy that heals the planet with tokenization”

Under the thesis of Karla Córdoba Brenes, president of AsoBlockchain Costa Rica, the country seems to have deciphered the formula to turn environmental protection into an engine of prosperity. Currently, the expert is leading a proposal to replicate in the digital ecosystem the same success that the country already boasts in its forests and reserves. … Read more