Mexico is the next destination for Mercado Libre’s stablecoin

Key facts: The e-commerce giant hopes to offer its cryptocurrencies in all the countries where it operates. “We need the regulation to change,” said a MercadoPago executive about Argentina. Almost a month after Mercado Libre, the multinational e-commerce company, launched its own stablecoin called Meli Dólar in Brazil, the company is preparing to offer it … Read more

Mining companies follow in MicroStrategy’s footsteps

Key facts: The company will focus on developing data centers and will buy bitcoin with the profits. Cathedra will use other options such as debt, equity and derivatives to buy bitcoin. Cathedra Bitcoin, a company known for its focus on Bitcoin mining, has announced a significant shift in its corporate strategy. The company now considers … Read more

Forget surveys, Polymarket is a more accurate source of truth

Key facts: Prediction markets offer an innovative approach to measuring public opinion. As interest in these platforms grows, so does the attention of regulators. As the US presidential election approaches, the emergence of decentralized prediction platforms is proving to be an unavoidable phenomenon. Their relevance is heightened in a context where traditional polls and “expert” … Read more

4 predictions 2 years from the Ethereum Merge: will they come true or not?

Key facts: Ethereum fully delivered on reducing energy consumption and decentralization. Ether, for its part, has not yet complied by increasing its price and its deflationary pace. The Ethereum Merge occurred on September 15, 2022, with the migration to the network’s proof-of-work consensus type. It went from operating with proof of work (Proof-of-Work, PoW) to … Read more

Bukele assures that “El Salvador will no longer spend more than it produces”

Key facts: Bukele promises not to issue more debt, although he did not explain what measures he will take or what the role of BTC will be. “We are not even going to lend money to pay the interest on the debts we inherited.” “On September 30, we will present to the Legislative Assembly, for … Read more

Bitcoin attracts a million-dollar inflow of institutional funds

Key facts: The US saw inflows totaling USD 416 million, Coinshares reported. Bitcoin was the main inflow, with USD 436 million invested in it. Last week marked a turning point for bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency investment products, with a total of $430 million in capital inflows, CoinShares reports. This move ends two negative weeks that … Read more

Nervos Network price soars after Lightning Network version is implemented

Nervos Network (CKB), the native cryptocurrency of the eponymous layer 2 network on top of Bitcoin, leads the weekly rise of digital currencies within the top 100 by market capitalization. The increase in the price of the asset occurs after its development team will announce the launch of the test network Fiber Network, a decentralized … Read more

23,000 Bitcoin Options Are About to Expire

Key facts: BTC and ETH have maximum pain points at USD 58,000 and USD 2,400 respectively. While BTC maintains a leading position, ETH shows relative weakness. In the cryptocurrency market, September 2024 has been a month of contrasts, something that stands out when analyzing the bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) options that will expire on … Read more

TON team assured that DOGS token made history on the network

Key facts: According to the team, DOGS was the largest memetoken generation event ever created. Currently, DOGS has 4.5 million holders. The Open Network (TON) has made a statistical summary of the effects of the token generation event (TGE) of DOGS, the meme cryptocurrency inspired by a drawing by Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram. According … Read more

From football to agriculture, tokenization is advancing in Argentina and Latin America

The tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) is advancing more and more rapidly in Argentina, Brazil and the rest of Latin America. In this context, industry representatives analyzed the possibilities offered by cryptocurrency networks to democratize real estate transactions up to percentages of football player transfers. During the Modular Summit 2024 Conference, held by the Ripio … Read more