Simon Chamorro, Valiu: Revolutionizing the Venezuelan Remittance Economy, Ep 98
80% of Venezuelans today depend on remittances to survive. Almost seven million people have left the country since…
NXTP Labs partners with RSK to launch blockchain accelerator in Latin America
LatAm List – NXTP Blockchain, a branch of NXTP Labs focused on blockchain development, recently announced their new…
Facebook launches cryptocurrency ‘Libra’; Mercado Libre will partner
LatAm List – Libra is Facebook’s new global digital coin that will allow users to save, send, or…
Argentine government to invest in blockchain startups
LatAm List – The Argentine government has agreed to coinvest in early-stage blockchain startups that are backed by…
Argentines can now top up their public transport cards with Bitcoins
LatAm List – Public transportation users can now add credit to their SUBE card using cryptocurrency in Argentina.…
Itaú Unibanco pioneers blockchain loans in Latin America
LatAm List – This week, Brazil’s Itaú Unibanco became the first bank in Latin America to complete a…
Chilean VC fund DisrupTech to invest US$19M in blockchain, IoT, and AI startups
In a story originally reported by El Mercurio and brought to our attention by LAVCA, the Chilean VC…
Santiago Stock Exchange launches Startech blockchain and fintech accelerator
El Mercurio reports that Santiago’s stock exchange has long seen innovation as inseparable from the finance market. For…
Chilean crowdlending platform Cumplo receives investment from Ripple co-founder
In 2011, Nicolas Shea, future founder of Cumplo, met Chris Larsen during the latter’s presentation about Prosper Marketplace,…