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Regional trends in remittances, stablecoin use, policy shifts, and grassroots crypto adoption.

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People using betting apps on smartphones inside a bar as a Kalshi billboard is installed outside in the rain, symbolizing the platform’s Brazil launch amid a national gambling addiction crisis

Regulation

Kalshi’s Brazil prediction market launch lands in a country already fighting a betting addiction crisis

The product is macro first, but Brazil’s crackdown playbook was built for mass retail behavior.

2 weeks ago

Adoption

El Salvador creates history after buying 400 Bitcoin (BTC)

President Bukele of El Salvador has announced that the country has purchased 400 Bitcoin.

5 years ago

Adoption

7 out of 10 Salvadorans want to repeal the new Bitcoin (BTC) law

The latest survey coming from El Salvador shows that the latest Bitcoin law might not be as popular among Salvadoreans as we might think.

5 years ago

Adoption

El Salvador gets a $150 million Bitcoin Trust while BTC breaks $50,000

The government of El Salvador voted in favour of creating a $150 million trust to support the unraveling crypto adoption.

5 years ago

Regulation

IMF releases Bitcoin (BTC) ‘risk’ warning… again

The international financial institution found it fitting to revive the warnings published in a blog post a month ago and recapped that recognizing Bitcoin as national currency represents an “inadvisable shortcut.”

5 years ago

Regulation

Anti-Bitcoin protests are ongoing in El Salvador ahead of legalization

With just over a week until Bitcoin becomes legal tender, El Salvadorans took to the streets to protest the adoption of President Nayib Bukele's controversial law.

5 years ago

Adoption