Argentinian cryptocurrency alternate Lemon has launched a Visa bank card collateralized by Bitcoin, native information La Nación reported Wednesday. Lemon is the second-largest crypto alternate in Argentina, serving over 5.5 million customers. The new Bitcoin-backed Visa bank card permits entry to financing in pesos with out having to promote or convert their BTC holdings. “We…
Coinbase knowledgeable Argentine customers on January 3, 2026, that it’ll discontinue peso-to-USDC buying and selling on its platform efficient January 31, marking a strategic retreat from native foreign money operations barely a 12 months after launching with regulatory approval. The trade emphasised that crypto-to-crypto buying and selling stays absolutely operational whereas giving clients a 30-day…
Argentina’s central financial institution is getting ready to let business banks provide regulated cryptocurrency companies, ending a three-year restriction that saved conventional lenders out of the market, based on current reviews. The change would enable banks to deal with buying and selling and custody of a restricted set of digital property underneath tighter guidelines and…
Argentina’s central financial institution is reportedly weighing a transfer that would redraw the nation’s crypto panorama, drafting guidelines that will let conventional banks supply buying and selling and custody providers for digital belongings after years of leaving that enterprise to exchanges and fintech platforms. Local outlet La Nacion reported Friday that the officers are engaged…
Argentina’s federal court docket has frozen over $507,000 in belongings as a part of an increasing investigation into the Libra (LIBRA) meme coin scandal that has drawn hyperlinks to President Javier Milei. The transfer marks the newest escalation in what authorities describe as one of many nation’s largest crypto-related fraud circumstances, allegedly involving a multimillion-dollar…
Argentine President Javier Milei’s pro-crypto social gathering, La Libertad Avanza, has scored a shock victory in the nation’s midterm elections, strengthening his management in Congress and reigniting debate over Argentina’s future financial course and its deepening embrace of digital property. According to native outlet La Nación, Milei’s social gathering secured 40.68% of the nationwide vote,…
If you’ve heard this story earlier than, you’re not alone. Argentina is especially adept at leaping from disaster to disaster. A collapsing Argentine peso, determined negotiations in Washington, and a high-profile U.S. rescue are all options as soon as once more. But this time, with libertarian President Javier Milei at the helm, the script was…
This submit is an excerpt from our 2025 Geography of Cryptocurrency Report. Reserve your copy now! Latin America’s increasing crypto footprint Between July 2022 and June 2025, Latin America recorded practically $1.5 trillion in cryptocurrency transaction quantity, establishing the area as one of the crucial dynamic on the planet. The trajectory has been risky however…
Argentina has as soon as once more reached a breaking level, and the central bank has intervened to prop up a plunging peso regardless of new libertarian reforms. The disaster marks a pointy flip for individuals who briefly noticed hope in President Javier Milei’s pro-market guarantees. Milei: the libertarian wave falters When Javier Milei assumed…
Saifedean Ammous—finest recognized within the Bitcoin neighborhood because the creator of The Bitcoin Customary—has attacked Argentine President Javier Milei’s stabilization program as a bond-fueled “fiat fraud,” arguing that the coverage combine flatters official statistics whereas deepening the nation’s dependence on multilateral lenders and peso-denominated carry trades. In a prolonged X submit on August 20, Ammous…