The Central Bank of Argentina has reduced the limit on individuals buying foreign currency from $ 10,000 to $ 200 per month after the victory of leftist candidate Alberto Fernandez in the presidential election, reports Cointelegraph. Moreover, the limit of $ 200 applies to holders of bank accounts, when buying for cash, the limit is even tougher – $ 100. The Central Bank said that the announced measures are being introduced in two […]
LocalBitcoins
The volume of transactions on the popular p2p platform LocalBitcoins fell by more than 30% after tightening KYC / AML measures. Last week, the trading volume of bitcoin on the platform amounted to $ 38.49 million, the lowest value since September 2018. If we calculate the turnover of the platform in cryptocurrency, then the decline may seem even more significant. So, last week the trading volume amounted to 4595 BTC, which […]
Bittrex International, una división del intercambio de cifrado Bittrex de EE. UU. Con sede en Malta, ya no proporcionará acceso a su plataforma venezolana y a otros 30 países. El…
Rusia se ha convertido en el líder mundial en volumen comercial en la plataforma LocalBitcoins en un año y medio. Entre el 1 de enero de 2017 y el 1…
Russia has become the world leader in trading volume on the LocalBitcoins platform in a year and a half. Between January 1, 2017 and October 1, 2019, LocalBitcoins users completed 1.6 million BTC transactions. Russia accounted for almost 25% of the total. It is followed by the United States (17.8%) and China (13.1%). The top ten leaders also included the United Kingdom, Nigeria, […]
Mexico's leading cryptocurrency exchange Bitso has attracted funding from industry-famous investors to expand its operations in Latin America. The amount of investment is not disclosed, reports The Block. The financing round was led by the fintech company Ripple, also the largest US cryptocurrency company Coinbase took part in it. In addition, the participants of the round were Digital Currency Group and Pantera Capital, previously investing […]
The Central Bank of Venezuela is studying the feasibility of adding Bitcoin and Ethereum to its cryptocurrency reserves, Bloomberg reports. The idea was initiated by the state oil and gas company Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA). According to representatives of PDVSA, the central bank could make settlements with suppliers on behalf of the monopolist company using the available crypto assets. US sanctions severely limited the ability of PDVSA to interact with customers and […]
En Rusia, las operaciones con criptomonedas aún no están reguladas legalmente y, por lo tanto, por sí mismas, no violan nada. Sin embargo, a partir del 1 de enero de…
The P2P exchange for the sale and purchase of Bitcoin Hodl Hodl will open the source code. This will allow everyone to create their own P2P trading platform. This was stated by CTO Roman Snitko during the Baltic Honeybadger conference. Reasons for the decision: projects are closed and the code is lost; Developing an exchange from scratch is a very expensive task; everyone has the right to manage the exchange; Hodl code Hodl tested on […]
On September 1, new user verification rules on the LocalBitcoins p2p platform came into force. The toughening of KYC / AML measures is connected with the new Finnish legislation, which the operator company must comply with. In the community, the innovations were somewhat wary, as they threatened privacy. So, if the annual trading volume (which is updated every hour) does not exceed 1000 euros, users must provide their full name, country […]