News with the tag "Chile"

Multiple Chilean lawmakers are currently pushing for legislation that would establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR), according to details shared by nation-state mining lobbyist Andrés Villagrán. Revealing his progress via X, Villagrán explained that he has been meeting with numerous officials to...

Legislators in Chile are preparing to support the creation of a bitcoin bench in Congress to lead the regulatory charge in the Latin American nation. The goal is to introduce a strategic bitcoin reserve proposal later this year. Chile to Consider Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Proposal This Year Chile, a...

The Central Bank of Chile recently stated that it could not add bitcoin to its reserves, as this crypto asset fails to comply with the requirements to be included as a bank investment. Central Bank of Chile Would Not Add Bitcoin to Its Reserves The debate about bitcoin as a reserve asset and the iss...

Chilean authorities from the consumer protection watchdog SERNAC are investigating the company that will provide domiciliary iris scanning services to World, formerly Worldcoin. The measure comes after the institution asked the courts to suspend the project activities last month. World Faces Opposit...

A recent report by Coinwire, a cryptocurrency research portal, predicts that cryptocurrency adoption levels in Latam will more than double in 2024. The report, which examined trading movements on trusted centralized exchanges according to Coingecko, forecasts that crypto trading volumes in the regio...

Worldcoin’s head of communication and marketing in Latin America, Astrid Vasconcellos, assured Chileans that criticism had forced the company to make data collection changes. She insisted that security and privacy were fundamental pillars of the Worldcoin project.

Last week, the Ishares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) arrived at the Santiago Stock Exchange, the main financial market of Chile. The leading spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) instrument, which was approved this year by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will now allow Chilean investors t...

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: the Brazilian stock exchange will offer bitcoin futures contracts, Paraguay advances measures to curb illegal bitcoin mining operations, and Worldcoin gets a legal v...

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: the Central Bank of Chile will keep experimenting with CBDC, Argentina’s VASPs will have to register to provide services in the country, and Argentines are warming u...

MetaMask, a renowned software cryptocurrency wallet, has significantly forged new partnerships in six countries: Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Egypt, and Chile to foster the Web3 ecosystem. This move extends MetaMask’s reach and signals a strategic shift towards embracing the burgeo...