Brazil

Brazil Bans Crypto Rewards for Iris Scans as World Network Faces Regulatory Hurdle

Brazil's data protection agency ANPD halts World Network's crypto incentives for iris scans. The suspension takes effect from January 25, 2024. Regulators determined crypto rewards could...

Elon Musk in Legal Tug-of-War with Brazil’s Supreme Court Over Social Media Bans

Elon Musk is fighting a legal battle with Brazil's Supreme Court over orders to ban certain social media accounts.Justice Alexandre de Moraes accuses Musk...

Latam Gateway Receives License to Operate as Payment Provider for Binance in Brazil

Latam Gateway, the payment provider for Binance in Brazil, received on 19 May a licence from the country's central bank to operate as a...

Mastercard and Binance Join Forces in Brazil

Mastercard and Binance have announced a partnership to issue a prepaid card in Brazil, Latin America's largest economy.The move comes as the crypto exchange...

Currency Union in Latin America: Brazil and Argentina to Launch Common Currency

The governments of Brazil and Argentina will discuss in the next few days the basic guidelines for launching a common currency between the two...

Brazil’s CBDC to be built on blockchain inspired by Ethereum network

Fabio Araujo, director of the Central Bank of Brazil and leader of the Digital Brazilian Real project (Brazil's CBDC version), said that the new...

Brazil: Bitcoin law is approved

After no veto or pronouncement by the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, the Bitcoin bill, registered under the number 4.401/2021, was automatically approved today,...

Crypto.com received a Payment Institution license in Brazil

Crypto.com (CRO) has received a license from the Central Bank of Brazil to operate as a Payment Institution, as officially announced by the cryptocurrency...

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Sepolia goes live with Glamsterdam, gas limit hits 200M

Ethereum's Sepolia testnet activated the Glamsterdam upgrade on October 6, boosting the block gas limit to nearly 200 million...

IMF: Tokenization reshapes markets, but risks remain

The IMF warns tokenization could reshape markets but faces legal uncertainty and stability risks.Tokenized repos dominate with $300–$350 billion...

Justin Sun Prize winners announced but prize details unclear

Justin Sun has spent the past week announcing winners of the Justin Sun Prize, which rewards AI-assisted solutions to...