Mateo

News reporter

Mateo covers the news desk for PTYcoin — daily coverage of crypto adoption and headlines across Latin America and beyond, with a self-custody bent. His reporting is produced with AI assistance and reviewed, fact-checked, and edited against primary sources by the PTYcoin editorial team before publication.

Latest from Mateo

31 articles

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Philippines blocks Binance reentry — VASP license still missing

BSP says neither Binance nor partner BlockShoals holds the central-bank VASP license needed to operate. SEC adds that StratBox …

Jun 11, 2026 · 5 min read

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Syscoin bridge exploit mints 5B SYS — cross-chain rail paused

A proof-validation bug in Syscoin’s Bitcoin-to-NEVM bridge let an attacker mint roughly 5 billion SYS (~$10M). The team …

Jun 10, 2026 · 5 min read

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IDB pilots CBWeb3: LatAm cross-border payments without the dollar middleman

The Inter-American Development Bank is testing CBWeb3, a regional network for tokenized central bank money that could settle …

Jun 9, 2026 · 5 min read

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Meta pays creators in USDC — Colombia goes first

Meta now sends USDC to select Facebook creators in Colombia and the Philippines. Dollar rails work; turning digital dollars into …

Jun 8, 2026 · 5 min read

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US megabanks back shared tokenized deposit network for 2027

JPMorgan, Citi, Bank of America and more than a dozen peers are backing a Clearing House network to settle tokenized bank deposits …

Jun 7, 2026 · 6 min read

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El Salvador keeps buying 1 BTC a day — treasury tops 7,600 coins

Despite IMF-driven reforms that ended mandatory bitcoin acceptance, El Salvador’s government keeps its one-coin-per-day DCA …

Jun 6, 2026 · 5 min read

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Aureo launches Direct to Bank for seamless Bitcoin-to-pesos Lightning transfers in Mexico

Aureo announced Direct to Bank (D2B) in Mexico: create a personal Lightning address, link your bank account, and receive pesos …

Jun 5, 2026 · 5 min read