Nequi account in X is hacked to promote cryptocurrencies in Colombia

The cryptocurrency messages did not compromise customer capital or data. The company reinforces its access and recalled that its internal systems operate completely normally. Security on digital platforms is not always uniform, and a new incident in Colombia highlights this. This Wednesday, May 13, the official account on X (formerly Twitter) of Nequi, the digital … Read more

Tether launches scholarship program for AI and wallet developers

The grants focus on: core libraries, documentation, applications and decentralization. The program has no maximum funding limit and pays for specific tasks with defined deadlines. Tether, the issuing company of the USDT stablecoin, announced the launch of a grant program to finance developers who build open technological infrastructure in artificial intelligence (AI) and self-custody wallets. … Read more

Tether anticipates turbulence for cryptocurrencies in the 2026 United States elections

A Tether executive warned on May 7, 2026, that the 2026 United States midterm elections could have a “seismic impact” on the future of cryptocurrencies, by testing the continuity of the regulatory advances made in Washington over the last year. The warning was issued by Jesse Spirohead of government affairs at Tether, during his participation … Read more

advantages and disadvantages for Latin Americans

Solana eliminates the wait, but formal registration excludes the undocumented. Bank support implies giving up resistance to censorship of open networks. Sending remittances from the United States to Latin America has traditionally depended on correspondent banking systems that take between one and three days to settle and that expose the recipient to exchange fluctuations. However, … Read more

USDT loses space in Europe, but gains leadership in Latin America

After the entry into force of the Cryptactive Market Regulation (MICA) for the European Union (EU) it has become increasingly evident than Tether, a USDT issuing company, will be out of the region. Not to be coupled to the demands raised by the new regulation for Stablecoins, increases the number of exchanges that They get … Read more

What advantages and solutions do you contribute?

On January 30, the USDT issuing company, Tether, said that integration would be ready soon. USDT arrives in Bitcoin through the Taproot Asset protocol, which belongs to the Taproot update. Yesterday, January 30, 2025, the Tether company communicated the integration of its stable currency, the most operated in the world, USDT, to the Bitcoin Network … Read more

Tether officially launches USDT on the Bitcoin Network

Tether, the company that created and emits the popular stable cryptocurrency, announced the integration of USDT into the Bitcoin ecosystem, both in its base layer and in the Lightning Network, the micropagogue network with BTC. The announcement was made today, January 30, by Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, and Elizabeth Stark, CEO of Lightning Labs … Read more

They investigate connections with Tether of the Secretary of Commerce proposed by Trump

Elizabeth Warren rebuked Lutnick for her position in favor of cryptocurrencies. The Democratic Senator, enemy of cryptocurrencies, opposes Trump’s nomination. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren is pressing Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, due to the connections of her investment firm with Tether, the company behind the Stablecoin USDT The questions of the legislator were revealed … Read more

They evolve the USDT code to make it ubiquitous

Currently, USDT0 is only obtained by moving from Ethereum to Kraken’s Ink, L2. USDT0 is pegged 1:1 to the value of USDT. Tether, the company that issues USDT, announced the launch of a stablecoin derived from the original, called USDT0, designed to operate on various cryptocurrency networks. To achieve this, it uses OFT (Omnichain Fungible … Read more

Ripple’s RLUSD still has a long way to go to compete against USDT

RLUSD, Ripple Labs’ stablecoin, was launched a month ago but has not yet managed to stand out in this niche of the digital currency market. Although there was great expectation in the community for XRP, the cryptocurrency issued by Ripple, its market capitalization remains low, which shows that It still has a long way to … Read more