Argentina

Visa

Stripe: Bitcoin Has Future in Global Payments if Issues Solved

The payments processor examined bitcoin and weighed its potential impact on the world's payment network.

Business  ·  21 July 2014
Regulation

Argentinian Money Regulator Mandates Reporting on Bitcoin Activity

Argentina's Financial Information Unit (FIU) cites the risk of money laundering as it mandates bitcoin reporting by financial companies.

Policy & regulation  ·  10 July 2014
Exchanges

Latin American Bitcoin Exchange Bitex.la Launches with $2 Million Investment

Bitex.la is seeking to bring an internationally competitive bitcoin trading platform to Latin America with $2m in investments.

Business  ·  30 May 2014
Regulation

Argentina’s Central Bank Issues Warning to Burgeoning Bitcoin Ecosystem

The bank warns of the risks inherent in using digital currencies and states they are not legal tender.

Policy & regulation  ·  29 May 2014
Australia

Bitcoin Bill Payment Services Taking Off Around the World

There's a growing number of ways users in different countries can pay their bills, including taxes, with bitcoin.

Business  ·  7 May 2014
Exchanges

How Bitcoin is Thriving in Argentina’s Black Market Economy

Argentinian currency restrictions created a busy black market for US dollars, and now bitcoin is on the rise too.

Business  ·  6 May 2014
Regulation

Bitcoin vs Argentine Peso: Which is Worse Off?

Although bitcoin can be volatile when exchanges go down, that doesn't include devaluations commanded from a central authority.

Policy & regulation  ·  4 March 2014
Gaming

Poker Champion Launches Real-life Bitcoin Scavenger Hunt

Mauro Velazquez is using his winnings to develop a game that lets players collect bitcoins from real-world locations.

Business  ·  26 December 2013
Startups

Coincove Uses Bitcoin to Make Remittance Easier in Latin America

Coincove customers can now take their fiat currency to a local bitcoin dealer and send it overseas.

Business  ·  18 December 2013
Exchanges

Mt. Gox and AstroPay Team Up for Faster Latin American Transfers

The partnership between the two companies will speed up transfers between local banks and Mt.Gox.

Markets  ·  10 December 2013
Startups

Farmers help bitcoin grow organically in Argentina

Organic farmers in Argentina are finding bitcoin to be a compelling solution when selling their produce.

Business  ·  4 November 2013
China

5 countries that should be adopting Bitcoin right now

Let's look at five countries where citizens might have more than the usual reasons to adopt Bitcoin.

Markets  ·  23 May 2013
Inflation

Argentine bitcoiner tells filmmakers of ‘perfect currency’

Bitcoinfilm.org has released its first short documentary: a look at the bitcoin market in Argentina, where currency controls and inflation running in the double-digits has been hitting would-be savers hard. “There is much potential in bitcoins and too few people know about it,” the Bitcoinfilm.org website states. “We want to make several small documentaries and […]

Markets  ·  24 April 2013
Exchanges

Argentina trades $50k of bitcoins

A record $50,000 of bitcoins were traded in Argentina during the second week of April. Bitcoin’s sixfold price increase this year is enticing to Argentines whose savings have been taking a hit from 25% annual inflation. Local agent Rodolfo Andragnes said that while local trading of bitcoin still equals less than 0.1% of the almost […]

Business  ·  22 April 2013