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Latam Insights: El Salvador Boasts Bitcoin Success, Binance Gets Crucial Greenlight in Brazil
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto and economic news from Latin America over the past week. In...
IRS Issues Crypto Relief, XRP Market Update, and More — Week in Review
IRS issues crypto relief, XRP market update, the Bitcoin quantum computing debate, and more in this Week in Review. Week in Review...
VC Chamath Palihapitiya Predicts Stablecoin Adoption Will Challenge Visa’s and Mastercard’s Duopoly in 2025
Chamath Palihapitiya, CEO of the VC firm Social Capital, predicts that stablecoin usage may go mainstream in 2025 as...
Chile Quiere Bitcoin: Legislators Rally Around Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Proposal
Legislators in Chile are preparing to support the creation of a bitcoin bench in Congress to lead the regulatory charge in the...
Defi Frenzy: Dex and Perpetuals Smash $52.81B in January’s First 4 Days
After an unprecedented rise in decentralized exchange (dex) and perpetuals volumes last month, these decentralized finance (defi)...
The Defi Era: Redefining Capitalism and Unlocking Economic Freedom for All
Decentralized finance (defi) is more than a catchphrase; it is a revolutionary system that replaces centralized control with...
Bitcoin Gold Rockets 140% in 24 Hours Despite Looming Upbit Delisting Deadline
While numerous so-called ‘dino’ cryptocurrencies have begun to reawaken, the Bitcoin fork known as bitcoin gold (BTG)...
Behind Ripple’s Stablecoin Growth: A Closer Look at the Top 10 RLUSD Giants
In a mere fortnight, Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin has witnessed its supply on Ethereum expand by $4.4 million. Yet, with 768...
From Crypto Gains to Timeless Treasures: Bitcoiners Embrace Luxury Watches
Just recently, a new wave has emerged—a slew of bitcoiners are channeling their digital wealth into luxury timepieces, with...
South African Authorities Arrest Man Accused of Using Bitcoin to Fund Terrorist Activities
A South African law enforcement agency recently apprehended a 35-year-old man suspected of using cryptocurrency to fund terrorist...
Meme Coins Add $4B to Market Cap as New Meme Index ICO Hits $1.5M
Meme coins have added over $4 billion to their total market cap in the past 24 hours. Most coins are flashing green – with...
Crypto ETFs Soar: Nearly $1 Billion Poured Into Bitcoin Funds in a Single Day
On Friday, spot bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted gains, reversing losses from the previous day....
Trump Insists Tariffs Are the Answer to $36 Trillion National Debt Crisis
President Trump has recently pushed the idea of tariffs as an enabler for the U.S. economy. On social media, he stated that tariffs...
Bitcoin’s Early Bargains: How Early Bitcoiners Traded Fortunes for Everyday Luxuries
In an era where bitcoin (BTC) has become synonymous with substantial wealth, tales of its early days evoke both fascination and...
XRP Market Update: Bullish Surge Hints at Explosive Breakout Potential
XRP was trading at $2.45 on Jan. 4, 2025, boasting a market capitalization of $140.85 billion. Its 24-hour trading volume reached...
Expert: Trump May Honor Election Promises, but Progress Depends on Legislative and Regulatory Support
Hong Yea, co-founder of GRVT, believes that despite skepticism from some crypto proponents, incoming U.S. President Donald Trump...
BRICS Intensifies Alternative Payments—2025 Agenda Targets Dollar-Free Systems
BRICS will prioritize alternative payment systems in 2025, aiming to reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar and boost trade in local...
The Curious Case of Siqi Chen: Scammer or Saint?
The crypto community is split after a father launched his own token ZERO, mere days after raising millions via memecoins for...
5th Largest Bank in Turkey to Launch Crypto Trading Service
Garanti BBVA Kripto will allow Garanti BBVA customers to buy and sell cryptocurrencies legally in Turkey. European Banks Expanding...
The Easiest Way to Get Bitcoin Through BitcoinMine Cloud Mining in 2025
PRESS RELEASE. The ongoing boom in the cryptocurrency market presents exciting opportunities for those looking to get involved with...
Bitcoin at 16: How Bitcoin Challenges Fiat’s Fragile Foundations
While many celebrate Bitcoin’s 16th anniversary it’s always a good idea to reflect on the fact that in contrast to...
ADA and DOGE Dominate as Crypto Economy Reaches $3.48T Ahead of Weekend
On Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, bitcoin’s valuation ascended decisively beyond the $98,000 mark, contributing to a 2.52% expansion...
Record Figures for Crypto Airdrops With Almost $15 Billion Distributed in 2024
Airdrops are transforming blockchain engagement with almost $15 billion given to crypto users in 2024. Massive Surge in Rewards via...
IRS Crypto Tax Reporting Requirements Stir up Mass Confusion
Some in the crypto community assumed the IRS was backpedaling on reporting requirements, but all requirements are still firmly in...
BTC and ETH Defy Expectations: Report Highlights Calm Markets Amid Year-End Options Expiry
A collaborative study from Bybit and Block Scholes provides an in-depth examination of bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) derivatives,...
From Crypto to Wall Street: Crypto.com Takes on Stock Trading
According to the crypto firm Crypto.com, individuals in the United States can now trade stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on...
Lightchain Presale Raises $8.5M, Poised to Rival Ethereum
PRESS RELEASE. The blockchain space heats up as Lightchain secures $8.5 million in its presale, setting the stage to disrupt the...
TON price soars as Telegram allows conversion of gifts into NFTs on The Open Network
Telegram now allows users to convert digital gifts into NFTs on the TON blockchain. The converted gifts gain unique traits and can...
Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $242M, Blackrock Takes a $332M Hit in Massive Outflow
U.S.-based spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced a downturn on Thursday, with a hefty $242.30 million in outflows...
XRP Shakes up Crypto Rankings: Third-Largest Market Cap Reclaimed
The digital asset XRP has reclaimed its position as the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, displacing the...
Cardano and Stellar Lead Altcoin Rally While Best Wallet Token Presale Hits $6.2M
Cardano (ADA) and Stellar (XLM) are shaking up the altcoin market today after a period of bearish price action. Both tokens have...
16 Years Later: How Bitcoin’s Genesis Block Sparked a New Era of Money
Sixteen years ago, the world witnessed the launch of a groundbreaking peer-to-peer electronic cash system, Bitcoin, by its...
After Cardano and Solana, traders eye new token below $0.20 for next wave of big profits
The cryptocurrency market relies on finding promising projects with exponential growth potential. Although Cardano (ADA) and...
Moonwalkers: The Game That Turns Movement Into Tokens
PRESS RELEASE. Moonwalkers is revolutionizing the intersection of gamification and blockchain technology, blending innovation and...
Greenback Flexes: Dollar Index Reaches Highest Level in Over Two Years
The U.S. dollar index flexes its strength in the new year, reaching levels not seen in two years. This rise is supported by the...
Tether’s Market Capitalisation Slips as MiCA Regulations Kick in
Tether’s market capitalisation slid 1.5% over the last seven days as broader MiCA regulations across crypto asset service providers...
Lackluster Shine: Gold ETF Selloff Ensues as Investors Shift to More Profitable Alternatives
In 2024, gold-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced outflows for the fourth consecutive year as investors preferred to...
Ripple’s (XRP) bullish signals point to a $5 breakout, but here’s why a token under $1 could steal the spotlight
With its recent bullish signals, many believe that Ripple (XRP) can finally achieve the $5 mark. But as XRP becomes the subject of...
Kucoin Pay Launches to Drive Crypto Payments in Retail, Expanding Digital Adoption
Kucoin’s launch of Kucoin Pay aims to drive retail crypto adoption by enabling seamless, borderless payments, lowering fees,...
Binance Gains 21st Regulatory Approval – Crypto Giant Tightens Grip Worldwide
Binance has secured its 21st regulatory approval with Brazil’s central bank, bolstering its growing dominance and expanding its...
Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Poll Exposes 2025 Buying Frenzy – 78% Say More BTC
Michael Saylor’s bitcoin poll shows 77.7% of investors plan to boost their bitcoin holdings in 2025, signaling strong...
One of America’s Oldest Investment Banks Sees Bitcoin Soaring to $225K
An analyst from H.C. Wainwright & Co., one of America’s most established financial institutions, anticipates an...
Meme Coin Prices Pump as Analyst Tips Wall Street Pepe for Explosive Rally
Meme coins are making a comeback, with several posting double-digit gains in the past 24 hours. This sudden jump has surprised...
Billion-Dollar Boom: Defi’s December to Remember Caps Year of Unprecedented Growth
End of the year data reveals a thrilling climb in the total value locked in decentralized finance (defi), which ballooned by 133.8%...
88% Chance of No Change: Fedwatch Tool’s Bold Call Ahead of Next Fed Meeting
In just 26 days, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the U.S. Federal Reserve will gather to deliberate on whether to...
Report: Wall Street Giant Morgan Stanley Eyes Crypto Services Through E-Trade
As reported by The Information, E-Trade, the online trading arm of Morgan Stanley—an asset management titan handling $1.2...
2025 Kicks Off With Big Wins on Wall Street for Bitcoin Miners
It was an eventful year for bitcoin miners in 2024, with the fourth Bitcoin halving and the cryptocurrency surpassing the $100,000...
MEXC unveils 300x leverage on futures pairs, unlocking greater opportunities for investors
MEXC, a global leader in cryptocurrency trading, has officially launched 300x leverage for BTC and ETH USDT-margined Futures...
Lightchain AI Sells Out Stage 10 With Only 5 Stages Left in Presale—$8M Raised
PRESS RELEASE. The buzz is real, and the future is brighter than ever! Lightchain AI, the groundbreaking blockchain project that’s...
Quickest path to becoming a crypto millionaire: Shiba Inu (SHIB), Pepe Coin (PEPE) or Rexas Finance (RXS)?
Memecoins are hailed for their volatility, since it is precisely that volatility that offers the potential for huge upside gains…...
Publicly Listed Miner Bitfufu Ramps Up: Secures a Fleet of 80,000 Miners From Bitmain
On Jan. 2, 2025, the publicly traded company Bitfufu announced its latest strategic move, securing a partnership with Bitmain to...
XRP Market Update: Is $2.90 Within Reach After Key Resistance Break?
On Thursday, XRP is currently dancing at a price of $2.36 to $2.40 in the last hour, with a market valuation soaring to $137...
T3 Financial Crime Unit Marks Enforcement Victory: USDT 100 Million in Criminal Assets Frozen Across Five Continents
PRESS RELEASE. Singapore – January 2, 2024 – The T3 Financial Crime Unit (T3 FCU), a collaboration between TRON,...
Bitcoin’s December Shake-Up: Fewer Transactions, Record-Breaking Value
Excluding Dec. 1, daily transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain experienced a steep decline as the month unfolded. Between Dec. 2...
Launch of the HTX DAO Forum: A New Dawn for Exchange Governance
PRESS RELEASE. In December 2024, HTX DAO announced the official launch of its governance forum, ushering in a new era of innovation...
No, Professor Quiggin, Crypto Is Not Worthless: Australia Should Prepare for the Rise of Digital Assets
Critics like John Quiggin question bitcoin’s legitimacy, comparing it to worthless assets, but the value of any commodity,...
China Enforces Stricter Crypto Monitoring to Curb Illegal Transactions
China’s foreign exchange regulator has imposed stricter controls on cryptocurrency-related activities, requiring banks to monitor...
The Rise of $FU: The First and Only Two-Letter Memecoin Taking the Meme World by Storm
Dominated by Memecoins and barely acknowledged altcoins, the fast-changing world of cryptocurrency has $FU shine like a star in...
Singapore Refines Crypto Regulations, Strengthening Lead as Asia’s Top Digital Asset Hub
Singapore is solidifying its lead as Asia’s top crypto hub, with expanding regulations and a surge in licensed institutions drawing...
Robert Kiyosaki Thanks Supporters for Trusting His Forecasts – Sees 2025 Packed With Challenges and Change
Robert Kiyosaki’s year-end message conveyed deep gratitude to his followers, highlighting his excitement for the challenges...
Ripple’s Legal Chief Outlines Principles SEC Can’t Afford to Repeat in 2025
Ripple’s legal chief has issued a year-end warning to the SEC, highlighting key legal boundaries on crypto assets and...
Bitcoin to the Rescue? Syrian NGO Proposes Crypto Banking to Revive War-Torn Economy
A Syrian non-governmental organization has proposed a “Bitcoin Policy” for the country, urging the new government to...
X Money Teased—Will the Payments System Rewrite the Rules in 2025?
On New Year’s Eve, Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X Corp (formerly Twitter), shared an exciting glimpse into what 2025 holds for the...
Is the Bitcoin Bull Market Over? Analysts Weigh In
10x Research and its CEO and Head of Research, Markus Thielen, have recently taken a more cautious stance on bitcoin (BTC),...
Mining Milestone: Bitcoin Hashrate Hits Record 808 EH/s on New Year’s Eve
Much like the end of 2023, when Bitcoin broke records with its transactional volumes and hashrate, the cryptocurrency rang in New...
Next 10x Crypto? Viral Presale Solaxy Raises $7M for Solana Layer 2 Blockchain
Solaxy ($SOLX) has raised over $7 million in its newly launched token presale, showing strong appeal among crypto traders. The...
Holiday Bitcoin Rollercoaster: QCP Capital Teases Major January Trigger
QCP Capital observes that bitcoin (BTC) has faced erratic price fluctuations, largely attributed to the thin liquidity during the...
Lightchain AI Launches DAO Voting Today – Preparing to Transform Decentralized AI
PRESS RELEASE. The fusion of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology has brought us some of the most exciting innovations...
New Year’s ETF Action: Bitcoin and Ether Funds Close 2024 With Modest Gains
On New Year’s Eve, the spotlight was on spot bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which ended the...
Bitcoin Technical Analysis: Bulls Eye $95,000 Breakout Amid Consolidation Battle
Bitcoin is bouncing between $93,928 and $94,154 this hour, boasting a market cap of $1.86 trillion, a daily trading volume of $29...
Meme Coins, L1s, and Stablecoins—Coin Metrics Breaks Down 2024’s Crypto Revolution
The year 2024 marked a pivotal chapter in the cryptocurrency market, characterized by unprecedented developments, record-breaking...
Crypto Conundrum: Aussie Treasurer Chalmers Pushes for Balance Between Regulation and Innovation
Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers believes cryptocurrency can modernize the country’s financial system. RBA Governor...
Do Kwon Extradited to US to Face Crypto Fraud Charges
Do Kwon, the South Korean founder of Terraform Labs, has been extradited to the United States. Authorities in the country accused...
Genius Group Advances Bitcoin-First Strategy, Accumulates 319.4 BTC Through New Purchases
Genius Group, an AI-based educational tech company, has purchased $10 million worth of bitcoin to further its “bitcoin...
2024 in Review: VIRTUAL Top Gainer After 23,000% Surge; Memecoins Dominate
The cryptocurrency market experienced a surge in 2024, with VIRTUAL, the native token of Virtuals Protocol, leading the charge with...
Telegram CEO Flags Rising EU Censorship While Russia Preserves Open Access
Russian Telegram users now have more media freedom than Europeans, as EU censorship grows—raising alarms over the future of free...
Bitcoin Quantum Computing Debate Reignites After Government Alert
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) said it will deprecate ECDSA after 2030. Government to Deprecate Bitcoin...
Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Poll Hints at Explosive Growth – Majority Expect Big Gains
Michael Saylor’s poll of 93,456 votes reveals surging confidence in bitcoin, with most participants predicting significant...
IRS Issues Crypto Relief – Here’s How to Avoid Higher Taxes in 2025
The IRS will allow crypto holders on centralized exchanges to bypass strict tax regulations in 2025, preserving flexibility in...
Crypto Chronicles: 5 Transformative Events That Shaped the Industry in 2024
2024 was nothing short of a rollercoaster for crypto aficionados, featuring key milestones that shook the industry. The U.S....
This Shiba Inu (SHIB) alternative could create the next big wave of crypto millionaires
Following its explosive climb, Shiba Inu gained household recognition in the market in 2021. Beginning the year at barely...
Elon Musk’s ‘Kekius Maximus’ X Name Change Sparks KEKIUS Meme Coin’s Explosive Surge
Recently, Elon Musk, the owner of X, switched his profile name to Kekius Maximus, and things took a wild turn in the world of...
Countdown to iDEGEN’s listing begin as XRP, Solana bullish trend stalls
The world is filled with excitement over the new year and crypto investors have more than one reason to be thrilled. In addition to...
AnonCasino.com Officially Launches: The World’s First Autonomous and Anonymous Online Casino
PRESS RELEASE. The future of online gambling has arrived with the official launch of Anon Casino, a fully autonomous, anonymous,...
Crypto Market Cap Surpassed Global Inflation-Linked Bond Market in Q4: Grayscale Report
The Q4 2024 crypto valuation surge saw the digital asset market cap surpass that of the global inflation-linked bond market. Crypto...
100,000 Signatures Away: How the ‘Bitcoin Initiative’ Could Redefine Swiss Banking
Reports reveal that the Swiss Federal Chancellery has officially added the “Bitcoin Initiative” to its registry,...
MEXC in 2024: 30 Million Users, 2,376 New Listings, and Record-Breaking Futures Growth
PRESS RELEASE. As 2024 comes to a close, Tracy Jin, Vice President of MEXC, reflects on the year’s challenges and...
2024 Fiat-Pegged Economy Swells—Stablecoins Reach $200B, Tether’s Market Soars 50%, New Players Emerge
With bitcoin (BTC) cruising past the $100,000 mark and the crypto economy swelling dramatically in value this year, multiple...
Solana’s Meme Coin Contender Lightchain AI Breaks 7.5M Sold in Presale in 30 Days
PRESS RELEASE. AI-powered blockchain is no longer just a buzzword—it’s the future. And Lightchain AI, Solana’s newest meme coin...
Bitcoin Mining Revenue in 2024: A Year of Change and Challenges
Bitcoin miners saw substantial shifts in their revenue during 2024, a pivotal year marked by the network’s fourth halving...