The payments processor examined bitcoin and weighed its potential impact on the world's payment network.
Argentina's Financial Information Unit (FIU) cites the risk of money laundering as it mandates bitcoin reporting by financial companies.
Bitex.la is seeking to bring an internationally competitive bitcoin trading platform to Latin America with $2m in investments.
The bank warns of the risks inherent in using digital currencies and states they are not legal tender.
There's a growing number of ways users in different countries can pay their bills, including taxes, with bitcoin.
Argentinian currency restrictions created a busy black market for US dollars, and now bitcoin is on the rise too.
Although bitcoin can be volatile when exchanges go down, that doesn't include devaluations commanded from a central authority.
Mauro Velazquez is using his winnings to develop a game that lets players collect bitcoins from real-world locations.
Coincove customers can now take their fiat currency to a local bitcoin dealer and send it overseas.
The partnership between the two companies will speed up transfers between local banks and Mt.Gox.
Organic farmers in Argentina are finding bitcoin to be a compelling solution when selling their produce.
Let's look at five countries where citizens might have more than the usual reasons to adopt Bitcoin.
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 […]
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 […]