Uruguay Financial News
30.05 / 13:53
Stablecoin
Mining
Tether
Bitcoin
Tether Plans Bitcoin Mining in Uruguay
Tether is launching bitcoin mining in Uruguay.
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.
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.
21.12 / 14:07
29.11 / 10:07
Football
Rainbow flag protestor invades pitch at World Cup
A protester carrying a rainbow flag stormed the pitch at a World Cup game on Monday.
09.11 / 18:21
scam
Fake OneCoin-selling Surgeon and Businessman Jailed in Argentina
A criminal court in Argentina’s Córdoba has jailed two men – a businessman and a surgeon – for their part in developing a pyramid scheme based on selling fake tokens they claim were “affiliated” with the OneCoin crypto scam.
13.09 / 22:41
Blockchain
Adoption
regulation
Central Bank
regulatory
New regulatory bill grants Uruguayan Central Bank control over the nation's crypto industry
The Uruguayan government has introduced legislation to the parliament that acceleratin the regulation of the crypto space in the country and establishing the central bank as the regulatory authority.
05.09 / 10:01
Protests
London
Munich massacre at 50: How a hostage crisis marred the 1972 Olympics
On the night of 4 September 1972, the Israeli Olympic delegation returned to their apartment at Connollystrasse 31 in the north of Munich.
22.05 / 04:19
UPS
CEO
Santiment
With The Sandbox [SAND] expanding its ecosystem, investors should know that…
“How do we make it rain at the beach?” asked the CEO of the gaming company, The Sandbox.
13.04 / 15:47
regulation
privacy
Central Bank
Central Banks Struggle With Privacy-related CBDC Headaches
As a number of countries across the globe are working on developing their respective central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), ensuring a separation between identity and transaction data could produce a better environment for privacy protection and could lead to public confidence and trust in using CBDCs, according to a recent paper released by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
12.04 / 23:51
Blockchain
CBDC
Adoption
regulation
inclusion
Financial
BIS releases study of CBDCs and their role in financial inclusion of the unbanked
The Bank for International Settlements, or BIS, released a paper Tuesday on central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, and how they can be used to meet policy goals for financial inclusion. The paper drew on interviews conducted in the second half of last year at nine central banks that are currently exploring retail CBDCs. It looked at common goals across a range of economic development levels and challenges to inclusion.
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.
15.01 / 12:21
Adoption
South America
ATM
Bitcoin
Uruguay reportedly installs its first Bitcoin ATM
Uruguay has reportedly installed its first Bitcoin (BTC) ATM, making it the 11th South American country to publicly encourage crypto adoption. Prior to Uruguay’s involvement, South America hosted 79 ATMs, which represented 0.2% of global BTC ATM installations.
10.01 / 22:09
Adoption
Binance
ATM
Bitcoin
Uruguay’s First Bitcoin & BNB ATM an Instant Hit with ‘1,000 Transactions in First Hours’
Uruguay’s first crypto ATM may have taken a long time to arrive – but it has proven an instant hit, with reports claiming that the machine handled over 1,000 crypto transactions within the first hours of opening to customers late last week.
07.01 / 13:23
Altcoin
Funding
community
Spanish LGBT token responds to critics, says it expects listings soon
Spanish LGBT-related token MariCoin (MCOIN) has responded to the community following skepticism around the project’s concept and goals.
06.01 / 03:25
cryptocurrency
regulation
Latin America
Peru, Uruguay Edge Closer to Crypto Regulation with Draft Law, Policy Advisory Report
Governments in South America are gearing up to regulate crypto in the year ahead – with lawmakers in Peru and Uruguay readying legislation and draft proposals.
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