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Bill Calling For Crypto Regulation Received Greenlight From The Senate Of Paraguay

On December 17th, the Senate of Paraguay reportedly provided the official approval for a crypto bill rolled out in July 2021. Particularly, the introduced legislation – primarily aims to offer...

| Dec 24, 2021 10:09

Axie Infinity Scholarships to be Granted For Venezuelans Joining Crypto Training Programs

A gubernatorial candidate from Venezuela has reportedly pledged to grant scholarships for citizens showing interest in taking part in the Technical Training Center for Mining and Administration of...

| Nov 22, 2021 10:24

Venezuela Rolled Out CBDC in October, With Initiative to Remove 6 Zeros From Its Currency

The Central Bank of Venezuela is reportedly introducing a CBDC in October, together with a monetary redenomination, which aims to reduce six zeros from the currency, because of the rocketing...

| Aug 09, 2021 11:48

Bitcoin Added as Payment Options For Pies At Pizza Hut Stores In Venezuela

Pizza Hut – the well-known pizza chain from the US – has reportedly added crypto as an accepted means of payment for customers to finalize purchases, across all its stores based in...

| Dec 02, 2020 07:06

Venezuela Turns to Cryptocurrency for Domestic and Global Trade

Venezuela president Nicolas Maduro revealed plans of using cryptocurrency for its trade, a move aimed at going around U.S. sanctions. Venezuela ranked third in terms of cryptocurrency usage as people...

| Oct 05, 2020 18:20

Crypto to Become Accepted Means of Payment Across Venezuela

Crypto has reportedly been added to the list of means of payments across more than 20,000 Venezuela-based stores and businesses, starting June 1st. Specifically, the initiative – an attempt to...

| May 09, 2020 03:15

Major Venezuela-based Crypto Exchange Released SMS-based Tool For Offline Payment

Venezuela-based crypto exchange platform Criptolago will reportedly introduce an SMS text-enabled payment method, to facilitate transactions using the country’s oil-pegged Petro (PTR) and other...

| Apr 12, 2020 20:13

Venezuela To Use Petro For Chrismas Bonus Paid to Pensioners And Retirees

Nicholas Maduro – the president of Venezuela – has reportedly revealed that the Christmas bonus will be given to retirees and pensioners of the country in the form of Petro, the national...

| Nov 18, 2019 11:32

Venezuela Managed to Set up First Bitcoin ATM after Numerous Failed Attempts

After numerous failed attempts previously, Venezuela appeared to have rolled out its first official Bitcoin (BTC) ATM. Reported by Coin ATM Radar, the nation’s first crypto-supported ATM was put...

| Sep 16, 2019 10:34

Venezuela President Maduro Urged a Leading Bank to Accept Petro Cryptocurrency

Earlier this week, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has praised the nation’s cryptocurrency Petro (PTR) by urging crypto adoption of national major bank, Banco de Venezuela. During a 10-year...

| Jul 07, 2019 03:14