Chile Financial News
02.07 / 07:13
Argentina to begin lithium battery production in September this year
Livent had agreed earlier this year to supply lithium to the new plant, which was developed by Y-TEC, a unit of Argentine state oil firm YPF. «We will start to produce the first lithium-ion battery cells in the country,» said Roberto Salvarezza, president of Y-TEC, in a government statement, noting that the batteries will use lithium carbonate extracted by Livent in northern Argentina.
30.06 / 13:05
COST
UPS
BlackRock
Hudson
Solar
Brookfield
Brookfield and BlackRock are betting big on tiny solar farms in Chile
Some of the world’s biggest fund managers are piling in to a quirky Chilean business model that offers guaranteed long-term prices for power produced by tiny renewable plants.
27.06 / 20:25
business
Bitfinex
P2P
Bitfinex launches P2P trading platform in Venezuela, Argentina and Colombia
Digital asset exchange Bitfinex has launched a peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platform in Venezuela, Argentina and Colombia.
25.05 / 15:07
Europe
Bitfinex
Legal
Court
Today in Crypto: Fahrenheit Wins Celsius Acquisition, BTC-e Co-Founder Wants to be Included in a Russia-USA Prisoner Exchange, Bitpanda Joins Hands with Coinbase
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11.05 / 13:21
24.04 / 17:11
22.04 / 16:07
business
Gemini
Derivatives
Winklevoss Twins
Gemini to launch derivatives platform outside the United States
United States-based crypto exchange Gemini announced on April 21 the upcoming launch of a derivatives platform outside the U.S. The move comes amid a tightening and uncertain regulatory environment for crypto firms in the country.
31.03 / 08:53
Progressive
Trans
International
U.K. Joins Trans-Pacific Partnership as It Seeks to Diversify International Commerce
The U.K. government said it had struck a deal to join the Pacific trade alliance the U.S. exited under former President Donald Trump, as Britain looks to diversify trade away from Europe after Brexit.
16.03 / 02:43
business
Adoption
defi
identity
OpenAI co-founder’s 'World ID' project launches, along with SDK waitlist
Crypto unicorn Worldcoin has launched a waitlist for its “World ID” software development kit (SDK) — which will allow websites to verify the uniqueness and humanness of its users without storing their personal information.
28.02 / 17:27
UPS
CBDC
Digital
Align
Bitcoin
businesses
Brazilian Central Bank: CBDC Designed to Help New Businesses
The Brazilian Central Bank says that its central bank digital currency (CBDC) – the digital real – is being designed to help now domestic businesses grow. The bank is also looking to tighten the regulations surrounding cryptoassets.
22.12 / 21:47
Adoption
The driving forces behind crypto adoption in Latin America in 2022
Inflation, cross-border payments, assets tokenization and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) were among the major drivers for crypto adoption across Latin America in 2022, sources in the region told Cointelegraph, with exciting examples of progress across many countries.
21.12 / 14:07
02.12 / 16:59
Booking
The unbearable uselessness of crypto
Andrés Velasco, a former presidential candidate and finance minister of Chile, is dean of the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics. He is the author of numerous books and papers on international economics and development, and has served on the faculty at Harvard, Columbia and New York Universities
19.09 / 16:59
Technology
Ethereum
Adoption
Investments
Does the Ethereum Merge offer a new destination for institutional investors?
Last week’s Merge was the “most significant development in the history of the Ethereum network,” according to Fidelity Digital.
02.09 / 15:09
business
Survey
Bitcoin
Trust in crypto remains strong despite bear market: Bitstamp survey
The ongoing cryptocurrency winter has had little to no impact on global trust in crypto, this was the conclusion reached new study commissioned by Bitstamp exchange.
22.07 / 08:09
Adoption
Payments
Latin America
Workers in volatile economies most likely to take pay in crypto: Report
Residents in nations with volatile economies are more likely to receive their pay in crypto, according to global hiring platform Deel.
12.05 / 18:43
Crime
Galaxy Digital
Bitcoin
Cryptoqueen
Buyback
Most Wanted 'Cryptoqueen', Galaxy's Buyback, Delayed CBDC + More News
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12.05 / 05:07
Government
Adoption
South America
end
Chile puts CBDC plans on hold until end of 2022 to undertake more analysis
The Central Bank of Chile has delayed its plans for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) saying the issuance of a digital Chilean peso requires a deeper analysis of the benefits and risks, promising a new report towards the end of the year.
01.05 / 14:41
cryptocurrency
Platform
cryptocurrency news
Digital Banking Platform Revolut Eyeing Cryptocurrency Wallet Sector
Digital banking platform Revolut is expanding into decentralised cryptocurrency wallets
28.02 / 14:55
business
Payments
VISA
South America
businesses
Tribal partners with Visa to expand credit options for businesses
Crypto-focused enterprise payment platform Tribal Credit has partnered with Visa to expand credit and financing options for small- and medium-sized enterprises across Latin America, highlighting the growing synergies between traditional payment providers and the blockchain industry.
03.02 / 23:14
COST
UPS
Provident
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