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Escuelas y Bitcoin: five years teaching Argentine teens to spot scams
ONG Bitcoin Argentina says its free Escuelas y Bitcoin program gathered 350 students from 12 schools in Buenos Aires on 24 …
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SEC's Regulation Crypto Assets: what the $5M and $75M exemptions require
Release 33-11434, at 91 FR 54510, proposes a $5 million four-year startup exemption and fundraising tiers of $20 million and $75 …
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Circle StableFX goes live on Arc
Circle switched on StableFX on Arc for vetted institutions: 24/7 RFQ FX with onchain payment-versus-payment settlement. Developer …
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Lulubit wires local bank rails across Panama, Costa Rica and Guatemala in one custodial app, and the open question is whether that three-country plumbing holds before Panama enacts a VASP law
Lulubit is Panama City’s crypto app with PA/CR/GT local bank rails, Lulucard, and a U.S. virtual account: a small custodial …
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91 Fed. Reg. 53368 would let only permitted U.S. issuers and certain foreign issuers mint payment stablecoins in the U.S., while platforms selling those coins to people located there would face 2027 and 2028 limits if Treasury keeps its location test
Treasury’s 18 August 2026 proposed rule at 91 Fed. Reg. 53368 (Doc 2026-16796) would implement GENIUS section 3 on issuance …
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Bolivia's VIVA first carrier live on Iris
Bolivia’s VIVA is the first carrier live on Iris, an Avalanche-based telco finance network, settling in Agora-issued USDi …
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Senate rejects Clarity Act cloture 49-50
The U.S. Senate rejected cloture on H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, 49-50 on Sept. 15, 2026. Sixty votes were …
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Nu launches U.S. banking and Nu Global
Nu Holdings started U.S. operations on Sept. 10 via FDIC-insured Lead Bank and launched Nu Global, converting deposits into Circle …
Projects
ikigii, Towerbank's Panama-licensed banking app, lets you borrow dollars or stablecoins against Bitcoin at a 50% loan-to-value with a margin call at 65%, so the liquidity arrives without selling the coins
ikigii is Towerbank’s SBP-supervised Panama app: borrow USD or stables against BTC at 50% LTV, margin call at 65%, dollar …
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91 Fed. Reg. 37234's PPSI CIP proposal left open whether a secondary-market holder redeeming directly must open an issuer account, and the ABA's 21 August 2026 letter says that cash-out must trigger CIP before dollars move
ABA’s 21 Aug 2026 letter on 91 Fed. Reg. 37234 says every direct stablecoin purchase or redemption must open a PPSI account …
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Bybit Pay connects to Bre-B QR in Colombia
On 8 September 2026, Bybit said Bybit Pay can scan Colombia’s Bre-B merchant QR codes and pay from a crypto balance—no local …
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RedotPay Instant QR live in Brazil, Colombia, Peru
On 8 September 2026, RedotPay said users can scan local merchant QR codes in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru and pay from stablecoin …