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Deep Chainsaw: Milei’s Government Prepares New Measures to Curb Public Spending
[Sep 29, 2024 8:30 AM] Federico Sturzenegger, Argentine President Javier Milei’s Minister of De-Regulation and State Transformation, explained that the administration is preparing to implement new measures to reduce public spending. Calling it “Deep Chainsaw,”…
Worldcoin and Tools for Humanity Fined in South Korea
[Sep 27, 2024 8:30 AM] Worldcoin, the biometric identification project, and its parent company, Tools For Humanity (TFH), have been fined by the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), South Korea’s data protection agency, for violating the Personal…
Lightning Wallet Osmo Brings Financial Services to Puerto Rico
[Sep 26, 2024 7:30 AM] Piero Coen, co-founder and CEO of Osmo, a Latam-focused bitcoin and lightning network wallet, has announced that they are now bringing their full suite of financial services for customers in Costa Rica. Costa Ricans can top up their wallet using…
Stepn Partners With Adidas for Genesis Sneakers NFT Launch
[Sep 24, 2024 9:30 AM] Stepn, the Web3 move-to-earn app, has announced a new partnership with Adidas, the German sports apparel company, to issue a second Genesis Sneakers collection. Stepn qualified this new partnership as a milestone for the adoption of its Stepn Go…
Bitwise CIO Highlights Bitcoin’s Role as a Hedge Against U.S. Public Debt
[Sep 23, 2024 8:44 AM] Matt Hougan, CIO of Bitwise, one of the world’s largest crypto fund managers, referred to the value of bitcoin as a hedge against the U.S. debt and the decline of the dollar. In social media, Hougan stated that bitcoin was an instrument that…
Solana Mobile Unveils Seeker, Its Next Web3 Focused Phone
China’s Anti-Crypto Policies Threaten to Ripple Through Its Gaming Market
USDT Reaches $1 Billion Authorized Issuance on TON
[Sep 17, 2024 9:15 AM] Tether’s USDT, the number one stablecoin by market cap, is growing as part of the TON ecosystem. According to the TON team, the stablecoin reached a milestone recently, registering authorized issuance numbers exceeding $1 billion. However…
Argentine Exchange Ripio Announces Defi Credit Card
[Sep 16, 2024 7:50 AM] Ripio, a leading Argentine exchange, has announced that it has created a Visa-backed decentralized finance (defi) credit card allowing users to put crypto in a liquidity pool as collateral for purchases. The card, currently in the testing phases…
Closure of Bitcoin Mining Center Causes Spike in Power Bills for Citizens in Norwegian Municipality
[Sep 15, 2024 7:56 AM] The recent closure of a Bitcoin data center in the Norwegian municipality of Hadsel has resulted in power hikes for citizens due to the inability to allocate the energy used by the operation to other purposes. While citizens and Hadsel’s…
17 Million Users Claimed Dogs Airdrop on TON Reaching ‘Unheard of’ Levels of Web3 Engagement
[Sep 13, 2024 9:30 AM] The TON team highlighted the magnitude of the recently concluded dogs token generation event and its subsequent airdrop, which disrupted its network several times. On social media, the TON team stated that unique active users rose to 1.1 million…
Samson Mow Doubles Down on $1 Million Bitcoin Price Prediction
Michael Saylor Predicts Bitcoin Will Reach $13 Million in 21 Years
[Sep 10, 2024 9:30 AM] Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman at Microstrategy and known bitcoin proponent, gave his personal prediction about the long-term price of the cryptocurrency. On CNBC’s Squawk Box, Saylor stated that BTC would reach $13 million in 21 years…
Trump Threatens Countries Leaving the U.S. Dollar With 100% Tariffs
[Sep 9, 2024 7:50 AM] Former President and Republican candidate Donald Trump announced future sanctions for countries supporting de-dollarization. At a rally held in Wisconsin, Trump declared: “You leave the dollar, and you’re not doing business with the United…
Tether Invests $100 Million in Latam’s Agricultural Giant Adecoagro
[Sep 8, 2024 7:41 AM] Tether, the USDT stablecoin issuer, has acquired 9.8% of Adecoagro, a Latin American-based agricultural giant. In a move described by Argentine media as surprising, the company invested $100 million to diversify its investments in the agricultural…
Libertarian Javier Milei: ‘Only Entrepreneurs Can Create Wealth’
[Sep 6, 2024 8:30 AM] The libertarian President of Argentina, Javier Milei, has shared his perspective on how wealth should be created efficiently and who should be responsible for its creation. During a visit to Mercado Libre’s offices on Thursday, Milei stated…
Central Bank of Brazil Hints at a Future Integration of AI Into Its CBDC
[Sep 5, 2024 10:30 AM] The Central Bank of Brazil has hinted at implementing artificial intelligence (AI) and data monetization processes into Drex, its central bank digital currency (CBDC). In a recent presentation, Roberto Campos Neto, the Central Bank of…
Holy Bitcoin: Paraguayan Power Company Detects Illegal Crypto Mining Operation in a Church
[Sep 3, 2024 7:30 AM] The National Power Administration of Paraguay (ANDE) recently detected an illegal bitcoin mining operation in an evangelical church. The church, which shared a power line with a nearby store, had established a connection before its power meter that…
TON Blockchain Reaches 1 Billion Transactions
[Sep 3, 2024 6:30 AM] The TON blockchain recently announced it has reached a milestone, registering a billion completed transactions on its network. Through its social media channels, the TON network team explained that half of this volume had occurred during the last…
Gaming Blockchain Oasys Announces Partnership With Japanese Conglomerate SBI Holdings
[Sep 1, 2024 10:08 AM] Oasys, a Web3 gaming-oriented blockchain project, announced a strategic partnership with SBI Holdings, one of the largest financial conglomerates in Japan. As part of this partnership, Oasys secured an undisclosed amount of funding to grow the…
First Solana Spot ETF Raises $2.75 Million on Brazilian Stock Exchange
[Aug 30, 2024 2:10 PM] On Thursday, the first Solana spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) product raised over $2.75 million during its public offering on B3, the Brazilian stock exchange. The product, previously approved for trading by the Brazilian securities regulator…
Salvadoran Educational Nonprofit Mi Primer Bitcoin Risks Running out of Funds
[Aug 28, 2024 5:30 AM] Mi Primer Bitcoin, an educational bitcoin nonprofit organization founded in El Salvador, risks running out of funds by September according to statements from its founder John Dennehy. Dennehy declared that while they expect to receive multiple…
Rumble CEO Leaves Europe After Pavel Durov’s Arrest
[Aug 26, 2024 7:15 AM] Chris Pavlovski, founder and CEO of Rumble, an independent online video platform, has reported that he left Europe after the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov. Pavlovski criticized the measures taken against Durov, stating that France had…
Colombian Data Protection Authority Formulates Charges Against Worldcoin
[Aug 25, 2024 10:30 AM] The Colombian Industry and Commerce Superintendence (SIC), the personal data protection authority of the country, has formulated charges against Worldcoin, the biometric digital ID project, for violations of the personal data regime. The…
AI Coding Tool Cursor Raises $60 Million at a $400 Million Valuation
Brazilian Securities Regulator Greenlights Second Solana Spot ETF
[Aug 23, 2024 10:30 AM] The Brazilian Securities Regulator (CVM) approved a solana spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Tuesday, the second of its kind in the country. According to data from the CVM database, this new instrument will be offered by Hashdex, a Brazil-based…
Circle’s Euro-Pegged Token EURC Surpasses €50 Million Market Cap
Tron Founder Justin Sun Links Meme Coin Push to USDT Liquidity
[Aug 19, 2024 9:00 AM] Justin Sun, founder of the Tron blockchain ecosystem, clarified the reasons behind his drive to bring meme coins to the Tron network. According to Sun, the Tron blockchain has the upper hand compared to other chains, being home to $60 billion USDT…
X Ceases Operations in Brazil After Refusing to Comply With Censorship Orders
[Aug 18, 2024 9:45 AM] X’s Global Government Affairs Team reported on August 17 that the social network would be forced to shut down its local operations in Brazil due to judicial orders issued against its legal representative. The order, issued by Alexandre de…