Argentina

Argentinian Crypto Exchange Buenbit Cuts 45% of Staff Due to Tech Industry Downturn
The company will focus on its current operations in Argentina, Mexico and Peru, and freeze previous plans to expand into other countries.

Argentina presiona a mineros de criptomonedas en medio de una escasez energética
Algunas compañías registradas tuvieron en marzo un incremento de 400% en sus tarifas eléctricas, mientras que los mineros ilegales no planean dejar de utilizar la energía subsidiada de sus hogares para realizar la actividad.

Argentina Was at the Cusp of a Crypto Boom. The Central Bank Had Other Plans
The local monetary authority surprised banks by banning them from offering crypto, but so far it's left local exchanges alone.

Startup cripto Belo levanta $3 millones en ronda seed para expandirse a Brasil y México
La compañía argentina también planea lanzar servicios para empresas en el segundo trimestre de 2022.

Argentina Bears Down on Crypto Miners Amid Power Shortage
Some registered companies saw a 400% increase in their electricity bills in March, while unregistered miners don't plan to stop using subsidized residential tariffs.

Argentina's Central Bank Bans Lenders From Offering Crypto Services
The announcement on Thursday afternoon comes after the IMF last month approved a $45B loan facility for Argentina that stipulated the country would discourage the use of cryptocurrencies.

Buenos Aires Gov Official on Allowing Residents to Pay Taxes With Crypto
Buenos Aires Secretary of Innovation and Digital Transformation Diego Fernández discusses the city’s recent decision to allow residents to pay their taxes with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, touching on issues with rising inflation rates over the past several decades. Plus, insights into Argentina’s blossoming crypto community and the prospect of adopting bitcoin as legal tender in the country.

Argentina’s Largest Private Bank Launches Crypto Trading Feature
Banco Galicia now allows users to buy bitcoin, ether, USDC and XRP.

Buenos Aires City to Allow Residents to Make Tax Payments With Crypto
The crypto will be converted to Argentine pesos by crypto firms before being given to the city, said Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta.


