Peru News

Some Bitcoin advocates say that the cryptocurrency has gotten away from its roots as a payment instrument and has become more akin to digital gold.

The Rainforest Foundation US “Treasury for the Trees” initiative aims to raise 100 BTC for a strategic Bitcoin reserve. RFUS executive director Suzanne Pelletier explains why.

The Indian instant payment system is gradually making its way around the world.

Num Finance received $1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round in May and is now issuing stablecoins in the local currencies of Argentina, Peru and Colombia.

The president of Peru’s central bank has indicated that the country will be joining forces with India, Singapore and Hong Kong to develop its own central bank digital currency.

Anclap expects to launch two more Stellar-based stablecoins for Chile and Colombia later this year.

Statista has found that one-in-three Nigerians held or used crypto assets during 2020.

The pandemic is not stopping Peru's lawmakers from testing ways of regulating the crypto industry.

Crypto exchange Binance is enabling citizens in five further countries to buy crypto using Visa cards with their national fiat currencies.

The IADB is piloting three projects to see if blockchain technology can solve some of the most urgent problems of land administration in South America.

Coinpectra en Español presents a weekly digest of selected cryptocurrency- and blockchain-related news from the Spanish-speaking world.

Coinpectra en Espanol presents a weekly digest of selected cryptocurrency- and blockchain-related news from the Spanish-speaking world.

Global peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace Paxful and Colombia-based blockchain company Coinlogiq, will bring 45 new crypto ATMs to Colombia and Peru.

Founders of a South American Blockchain platform InkaPay tell Coinpectra about how it was launched and how it penetrates to the the areas where many unbanked people live.