OKCoin, the parent company for world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange OKEx, has launched fiat-crypto trading services in Argentina, the company revealed in a tweet Thursday, Nov. 15. According to the company’s blog post about the move, customers can already deposit Argentine pesos (ARS) in exchange for major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH), Ethereum Classic (ETC), Litecoin (LTC), Ripple (XRP), Cardano (ADA), Stellar (XLM), Zcash (ZEC), and 0x (ZRX) “and more.” OKCoin has also revealed its plans to extend its services all over Latin America, adding other local fiats to the list “in the coming months.” The company …

Backed with continuing adoption, crypto holidays have become a reality. At this point, flights and hotels all around the world can be booked with Bitcoin (BTC). Still, some cities are more ready to accept your BTC — and major altcoins — than others, depending on the local infrastructure and crypto-related policies. According to data from Coinmap, currently there are around 13,150 venues, shops and ATMs supporting Bitcoin on the planet, and that number has been unhesitatingly growing since late 2013. However, as Gili Gershonok, a crypto nomad who deliberately chooses not to have a bank account, told Cointelegraph, ignoring fiat …

Cryptocurrencies will continue to receive a broadly hands-off approach from the G20 until at least October, a meeting of the forum confirmed July 21-22. A summary of interim decisions made by the dedicated Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors (FATF) group sees any hard-and-fast regulatory steps regarding cryptoassets remain absent. The results follow a four-month consultation period which FATF enacted during a previous gathering in March. At the time, representatives said they were obliged to create what they called “very specific recommendations” for how to approach the cryptocurrency sphere at international level. In the intervening months, however, it appears that …

Given the apparent sensitivity of cryptocurrency markets to regulatory and political developments, it stands to reason that the world's leaders — and what they think about crypto — will be vitally important in determining the direction the cryptocurrency market will travel in the future. Many leaders have been willing to sit back over the past few months and let crypto develop — more or less — organically, yet it's becoming apparent that the time for official action is drawing increasingly near, at which point Bitcoin, et al. will either bear the brunt of government 'crackdowns' or will benefit from favorable …

Argentinian non-profit organizations Bitcoin Argentina and Bitcoin Americana have just launched a cryptocurrency awareness campaign “Bitcoineta,” local news outlet Infobae reports Monday, June 4. The campaign’s name is an abbreviation from “Bitcoin” and “camioneta,” the Spanish word for minivan. It consists of a Bitcoin-branded van, jointly purchased by the two participating organizations, that will go around Argentinian - and eventually Latin American - towns to spread basic knowledge about cryptocurrencies among local communities. The idea behind Bitcoineta is to reach each village and town in the country to “show people how they can take advantage” of cryptocurrencies, the founder of …

Argentinian Banco Masventas (BMV), has announced a partnership Bitex to enable clients to use Bitcoin for international payments as an alternative to SWIFT, according to a Facebook post May 21. Bitex is a blockchain-based financial services provider based in Latin America. According to BMV, the new service allows customers to transfer money from account to account in less time than traditional bank transfers. BMV states that the new service will reduce transfer times by up to 24 hours. José Humberto Dakak, a principal shareholder of Masventas, said that the move intends to strengthen the bank’s digital and smartphone-based services and …

In response to a lengthy NY Times article, the Casa Rosada’s Community Manager posted on the @CasaRosadaAR Twitter account what would soon echo throughout social networks: “Apparently bitcoin is disrupting our economy now (?)” Apparently bitcoin is disrupting our economy now (?) https://t.co/8anSj29Nre — Casa Rosada (@CasaRosadaAR) April 30, 2015 Argentina’s local Bitcoin community is aflame with the tweet, and some are even pondering if BitPay’s popular Mr. Bitcoin mascot should pose with the president. Regardless of the mixed reactions towards the tweet itself, it is very clear that even in a busy election year the government has some time …

Bitcoin is slowly changing the way we pay for goods and services. The digital currency is gaining tremendous recognition among businesses of all sizes and shapes. Bitcoin is currently the world's most popular cryptocurrency, and it's safe to say that it may threaten to change the overall status of the global monetary system sometime in the future. In this extraordinary world of the World Wide Web, "never say never" has become many people's mantra. Can Bitcoin go beyond PayPal? Will it dominate the way we send and receive money? All of this remains to be seen but until that happens, …