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

Trump-promoted DeFi partners with Aave

World Liberty Financial will take advantage of Aave developments for its operation. Additionally, a governance token will be sold to accredited investors on September 16. World Liberty Financial (WLF), the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform backed by US presidential candidate Donald Trump and run by his children, announced a partnership with Aave, one of the most … 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

Google integrated the Ethereum Name Service into its search engine

This feature, launched in May for select users, is now available globally. The Ethereum Naming Service was also integrated into its testnets, Sepolia and Holesky. Google incorporated the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) on October 8. Ethereum Name Service) in your search engine. This integration allows users search for addresses Ethereum (ETH) in the search engine … Read more

Bitmain launches less efficient and powerful Bitcoin miners than previous versions

The miners have a hashrate of 319 TH/s and 216 TH/s, respectively. The mining equipment will be delivered between the first and second quarters of 2025. Bitmain announced this Wednesday, October 9, at the Bitcoin Amsterdam 2024 event, two new Bitcoin miners, the S21+ Hyd and S21+ ASICs. These devices have hashrates of 319 TH/s … 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

Tomorrow will be a Thursday of high volatility for the price of bitcoin

Demand for bitcoin (BTC) has been declining this week as an inflation report from the major financial power approaches. This is the consumer price index (CPI) of the United States. This report will be published tomorrow, Thursday, October 10, at 12:30 PM (UTC), something that could stir volatility in financial markets. Lower inflation would imply … Read more

“The truth is that we will never find Satoshi.”

Software developer Peter Todd has categorically rejected an HBO documentary’s claim that he is the creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. In one post onTodd said: “The truth is quite simple: there are hundreds, even thousands of people who could have created Bitcoin. “We are not going to find Satoshi.” The documentary “Electronic Money: The Mystery … Read more