Argentina

Argentina

Finance

Argentina's State-Owned Energy Company Moves Into Crypto Mining

YPF is currently supplying power for a 1 megawatt operation and plans to launch a second project eight times larger before the end of the year.

Producción de energía en Vaca Muerta, Argentina. (Photo by Ricardo Ceppi/Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Starts Production in Argentina, Increases Hashrate to 4.1 EH/s

The Canadian company plans to open a second mining site in the country, which has low electricity costs, next year.

Un empleado de Bitfarms supervisa hardware de minería de bitcoin. (Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)

Juridique

Autoridad fiscal de Argentina despliega por primera vez operativos para encontrar mineras cripto

Según AFIP, la semana pasada fueron descubiertas tres granjas de minería de criptomonedas en situaciones irregulares.

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Juridique

Argentina’s Tax Authority Conducts First-Ever Raids on Secret Crypto Miners

According to the agency, three crypto farms with irregularities were uncovered last week in the South American country.

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Vidéos

Crypto’s Role in Argentina’s Financial Crisis

Exactly Finance co-founder and CEO Gabriel Gruber joins “Community Crypto” to discuss why Argentinians are turning to crypto as a potential tool for financial freedom amid an economic crisis in the country sending inflation soaring.

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Vidéos

Lemon Cash Putting Argentina at ‘Forefront of Technology,’ Says Co-Founder

Lemon Cash co-founder and CBO Borja Martel Seward joins “Community Crypto” to discuss how the Argentinian crypto exchange is helping put “the entire country into the forefront of technology.”

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Why Crypto Isn't a Tool for Protest in Argentina

The idea that growing stablecoin use can offer a solution to Argentina's persistent economic and political problems doesn't accord with reality, says Leah Callon-Butler after a recent visit.

Protesters in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Leah Callon-Butler/CoinDesk)

Juridique

La provincia argentina de Mendoza ahora acepta criptomonedas para el pago de impuestos

Los pagos efectuados en criptomonedas se convertirían inmediatamente a pesos argentinos.

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Juridique

Argentina's Mendoza Province Now Accepts Cryptocurrencies for Tax Payments

Crypto payments would be immediately converted to Argentine pesos.

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