The United States Department of the Treasury announced for the first time sanctions against a cryptocurrency mixing company, accused in this case of serving to hide funds linked to the North Korean regime.
The firm in question, Blender, would have served to divert 20.5 million dollars from the…
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Argentina prohibits banks from transactions with cryptocurrencies
The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic prohibited the country's financial entities from carrying out or facilitating operations with digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, for their clients, according to a statement.
The measure…
Chile reaches double-digit inflation
The Chilean Consumer Price Index climbed again in April to stand at an interannual rate of 10.5%, according to data released by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
The new increase in the price of products and services was caused…
Russia seeks ways to avoid EU sanctions
Russian authorities reported that the government is creating "mechanisms" to circumvent the sanctions imposed by the European Union as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The head of the Department of Economic Cooperation of the…
Goldman Sachs granted a loan to Coinbase
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase recently revealed that it secured special bitcoin-backed funding from Goldman Sachs.
The objective of this transaction was generated to strengthen the ties between the world of digital assets and…
US registers record 11 million job openings
The number of unfilled jobs in the United States increased last March to an all-time high of 11.5 million vacancies, up from 11.34 million the previous month and more than three million above 8, 4 million as of March 2021, according to…
GDP decreases and inflation increases in Germany
The German Economy and Climate Minister, Robert Habeck, admitted that the war between Russia and Ukraine is impacting the German economy and pointed out that the new growth projections for the end of 2022 highlight that the GDP will grow…
IMF and Colombia agree on a new credit
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a new two-year agreement in favor of Colombia within the framework of the Flexible Credit Line (LCF) for an approximate amount of 9,800 million dollars, as reported in a…
The NFT will move about 800,000 million dollars
A report prepared by Coingecko determined that the NFT market has a projection for the next two years of 800,000 million dollars in transactions.
"The metaverse sector is forecast to move close to $ 800 billion over the next two years,…
Payment methods are a must for digitization
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software systems "are no longer a tool reserved for large companies, but have become the key to digital transformation in small and medium-sized companies" thanks to pay-per-view models, according to a new…
Brazil approves regulation for cryptocurrencies
The Brazilian Senate approved this week the implementation of a "Bitcoin Law of Brazil", which will determine the creation of regulations for the trading of digital assets.
"I want to congratulate the rapporteur of the project, Senator…
Fintech industry increases its presence in Latin America
The number of fintech platforms in Latin America and the Caribbean doubled in the last three years to reach 2,482 in 2021, which represents almost a quarter of these companies worldwide, with 22.6 %, according to the latest study published…