News
TOYOSA adds Bitcoin checkout for Toyota sales in Bolivia
TOYOSA, the official Toyota distributor in Bolivia, began taking Bitcoin for vehicle purchases at Expocruz 2026 on 18 September, …
Panama
Projects
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 …
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 …
News
Kraken froze accounts over dust. Not your keys, not your coins
Kraken locked some accounts after about 12,000 tiny transfers from an HTX-linked wallet. I use Kraken. I don’t leave my …
Policy
France ANJ orders ISPs to block Polymarket
On 16 July 2026, France’s Autorité nationale des jeux ordered ISPs to block Polymarket after French traffic kept rising past …
Policy
Panama's fintech bill 314: what the draft means for crypto users
Panama filed a comprehensive fintech bill in January 2026 — still awaiting its first vote — while bank AML rules already …
News
Welcome Back to PTYcoin: Reigniting the Crypto Conversation
PTYcoin relaunches as a bilingual crypto news and project-spotlight blog — LatAm-rooted, globally relevant. Founder Jim Phillips …