Tagged: el salvador

January 13, 2025 @ 2:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tether, the issuer of the largest stablecoin in the world – US dollar-based USDT, has relocated its business to El Salvador, a central American country that has embraced digital asset innovation. El Salvador has experienced a renewal in its prospects following the election of a… Read More

January 8, 2025 @ 12:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

El Salvador has not only experienced a dramatic reduction in crime due to successful policies enacted by the current government, but the Latin American country has also embraced digital asset innovation. Another sign of crypto acceptance is that European digital asset firm Tokeny has signed… Read More

November 19, 2024 @ 7:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nexbridge, in partnership with Bitfinex Securities, will offer tokenized US Treasuries, according to a release. The digital securities will utilize Bitcoin’s Liquid Network and Blockstream’s AMP technology. USTBL is said to be the first regulated offering for “US Treasury exposure” built on Bitcoin tech. The… Read More

July 19, 2024 @ 4:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Velocity Global, which claims to be the world’s expert on work, announced that it has successfully opened new entities in El Salvador and Georgia, “allowing customers easy and compliant access to talent in these economies.” The new entities will open opportunities for organizations and local… Read More

April 11, 2024 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitfinex Securities El Salvador S.A. has issued a statement on a security token, or digital security, offering to help finance the Hampton by Hilton Hotel in El Salvador. The project expects to create 1000 jobs during construction and, eventually, 5000 direct and indirect jobs upon… Read More

December 8, 2023 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Tether, the largest dollar-referenced stablecoin issuer by market cap, says it is working with El Salvador on its “Adopting El Salvador Freedom Visa Program.” The Visa program aims to attract individuals who will help boost the economy of the Central American country. The program is… Read More

August 16, 2023 @ 5:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paymentology, the global issuer-processor, announces an expanded partnership with Mastercard (NYSE: MA) to bolster financial inclusion across Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. According to a recent Mastercard and Americas Market Intelligence (AMI) study, while most Latin Americans gained “access to basic financial products between 2020… Read More

August 10, 2023 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance has announced that it has become the first fully licensed crypto exchange in El Salvador “after being granted both a Bitcoin Services Provider license (BSP) by the Central Reserve Bank (Banco Central de Reserva) and the first non-provisional Digital Assets Services Provider license (DASP),… Read More

June 6, 2023 @ 2:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, the company operating the fintech platform tether.to that powers the first and most “widely used” stablecoin in the world, announced it “has participated in the first round of a new billion dollar renewable energy initiative in El Salvador.” Following on its mission to invest… Read More

April 11, 2023 @ 4:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitfinex Securities El Salvador S.A. de C.V., has been granted the “first ever” license as a Digital Asset Service Provider under El Salvador’s new Digital Assets Issuance Law or Ley de Emisión de Activos Digitales – which became law in January 2023. Bitfinex Securities El Salvador… Read More

November 19, 2022 @ 6:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysend, the UK-based fintech, introduced Paysend Libre, which will “allow unbanked users in Northern Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) to receive remittances from the U.S. instantly to a Paysend virtual Mastercard digital card.” The virtual card is ready “to use in minutes for cash… Read More

August 11, 2022 @ 4:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Structured.fi has launched its mobile service in El Salvador, a country that has embraced Bitcoin by making it legal tender. Millions in El Salvador are already using the Chivo digital wallet for transactions. Structured.fi is offering a platform that enables investing in both traditional and… Read More

July 14, 2022 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitfinex is reporting that it will donate 36 Bitcoin (BTC) and US$600,000 Tether tokens (USDt) to help small businesses and communities in El Salvador. Bitfinex added that this is part of the crypto exchange’s continued support for the country. Bitfinex said they are working with… Read More

June 10, 2022 @ 11:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On the margins of the Ninth Summit of the Americas, DFC and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced the first joint program in response to the Call to Action for Northern Central America the Vice President launched in May 2021. The Call to Action is designed “to… Read More

February 2, 2022 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chivo, which claims to be the world’s first national cryptocurrency wallet, is currently operating with AlphaPoint white label infrastructure. AlphaPoint, which offers fast, scalable financial technology to institutions internationally, is helping El Salvador to provide financial services and access to Bitcoin for almost 4.5 million… Read More

January 26, 2022 @ 11:52 am By JD Alois  |  

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is telling El Salvador not to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. In a statement by the IMF, the international agency noted that since September 2021, the Salvadoran government has adopted Bitcoin as legal tender. But the IMF believes the adoption… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 8:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin-focused tech firm Blockstream notes in their Markets Weekly Report that BMN is launching a capital raise via Bitfinex Securities in the coming days. Meanwhile, El Salvador is preparing its regulatory framework for the upcoming BTC bond, and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) recently stated that BTC… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 9:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Nayib Bukele isn’t joking when he predicted two more countries will make Bitcoin legal tender in 2022, deVere Group CEO Nigel Green said this week. In fact, he may have underestimated the number. Over the weekend Bukele, the president of El Salvador, tweeted a series… Read More

December 30, 2021 @ 3:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ruben Salazar Genovez, Global Head of Visa Direct, notes that when he was growing up in El Salvador during the 1980s, people living in “extreme” poverty were defined as those “who spend their daily purchasing power on food and still go to sleep hungry.” Now,… Read More

December 5, 2021 @ 5:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin-focused Fintech firm Blockstream has published its Markets Weekly report., Blockstream‘s report, dated December 3, 2021, notes that Fidelity has established a new BTC ETF in Canada, while GS is considering BTC lending. As mentioned in the report, VanEck has filed for a mining ETF,… Read More