The head of Venezuela's state-backed petro cryptocurrency has been added to the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Most Wanted list.
Crypto adoption is up from Argentina to Venezuela, especially bitcoin and stablecoins like dai. But each market is unique.
Nicolas Maduro and his crypto supervisor were two of the Venezuelan officials indicted Thursday on claims they used crypto to conceal the profits from drug running.
The state oil company will only accept petro for airplane fuel, per a new decree from Venezuela's president.
Locha Mesh is building software and hardware for connecting to bitcoin's Lightning Network – even when the power's out.
Ledn is partnering with MakerDAO to bring the ethereum-backed stablecoin DAI to more users in Latin America.
LocalBitcoins data is a starting point for research, but it isn't conclusive evidence of grassroots adoption.
For many of these bitcoin users, crypto payments are merely a last resort and fiat transfers are still generally easier.
Venezuela's president has ordered his pet cryptocurrency, the petro, to be used in funding an ongoing housing initiative.
The Farmarket pharmacy chain in Venezuela will begin accepting payments in dash using a new point-of-sale system pilot project.
Traki department stores will integrate Pundi X’s point-of-sale device, XPOS, to offer a cryptocurrency payment rail for shoppers.
Despite wide-spread efforts and expensive advertising, Dash isn't taking off in Caracas.
The Venezuelan president and his administration are said to be using proceeds from the airline industry – and cryptocurrency – to avoid sanctions.
President Maduro has ordered the Bank of Venezuela to open public counters for his controversial cryptocurrency, the petro.
The crypto artist has worked with Dorian Nakamoto and recently expanded his reach into South America.