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Visa is working with WeFi, a deobanking infrastructure provider that combines traditional banking with decentralized finance, to explore stablecoin-based payments and on-chain banking in select markets across Europe, Asia, and Latin America, the companies said Tuesday. The partnership will test how on-chain banking and stablecoins can be embedded into traditional payment ecosystems under established regulatory frameworks. “Access to modern financial services is still uneven globally,” Reeve Collins, co-founder and Chairman of WeFi, stated. “On-chain banking closes that gap, and partnering with Visa makes it usable at scale.” At launch, the focus will be on regulated stablecoins designed for everyday payments.…

This week, Google published a paper describing how a quantum computer could theoretically derive a bitcoin private key in 9 minutes, with ramifications that stretch to Ethereum, other tokens, private banking, and potentially everything in the world. Quantum computing is easy to mistake for a faster version of a regular computer. But it is not a more powerful chip or a bigger server farm. It is a fundamentally different kind of machine, different at the level of the atom itself. A quantum computer starts with a very cold, very small loop of metal where particles begin to behave in ways…

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this edition, Paraguay strengthens its crypto reporting requirements, Argentina blocks operations for a peso stablecoin, and new revelations surge in the case against Libra in Argentina. Paraguay Strengthens Mandatory Reporting Requirements for VASPs and Individuals The government of Paraguay is ramping up the scrutiny of the cryptocurrency market. The National Directorate of Tax Revenue (DNIT), Paraguay’s tax watchdog, has issued a resolution creating a new figure, a sworn cryptoassets statement, to obtain a more granular control and oversight of the…

The $XRP price has collapsed by more than 53% since October 2025 despite bullish developments surrounding Ripple. $XRP has continued to struggle along with the rest of the crypto market, recording a 28.58% drop so far this year. The token has now posted its sixth straight monthly loss for the first time in 12 years. This weak performance comes despite Ripple continuously witnessing positive developments, including new partnerships, acquisitions, and regulatory progress. Key Points $XRP has dropped 28.58% year-to-date, having recently recorded six straight monthly losses for the first time in 12 years. The recent price weakness comes despite bullish…

US President Donald Trump took the stage at a memecoin conference held at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida and delivered a noteworthy speech. According to sources who attended the event, Trump allowed attendees to take selfies in front of the podium during his speech, and the program proceeded in a very informal atmosphere. In a speech lasting approximately 45 minutes, Trump touched upon various topics including the cryptocurrency sector, tensions with Iran, and US domestic politics. According to attendees, Trump made free-flowing assessments regarding the crypto markets in the first part of the speech, and later commented on the Iran…

Imagine a tireless analyst who works around the clock, cross-referencing a company’s onchain purchasing patterns with satellite imagery of its warehouses, correlating its job postings with its patent filings, and mapping its entire supply chain by watching the flow of smart contract payments. This analyst never sleeps, never loses focus and costs almost nothing to run. That analyst is coming. It’s an AI agent, and your competition will have one. The rush to build agentic commerce is well underway. The combination of decision-making AI with smart contracts on blockchains is genuinely powerful. Consumer-facing agents will go bargain hunting and close…

US dollar-pegged stablecoins and Bitcoin ($BTC) share a “symbiotic” relationship, mutually benefitting from rising adoption, according to Sam Lyman, head of research at Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI), a Washington DC-based digital asset advocacy organization. “Bitcoin is beneficial to the US system because the largest Bitcoin trading pair is $BTC/USD,” or Tether’s USDt (USDT) stablecoin, which is backed by cash deposits and short-term US government debt, Lyman told Cointelegraph. He added: “There is a symbiotic relationship between $BTC and the dollar system because $BTC is most frequently traded in dollars. So, I do see those things as being mutually reinforcing, which…

Australia’s financial regulator has urged young investors not to rely on social media influencers and artificial intelligence chatbots to make financial decisions, according to a study that also found that one in four “Gen Zs” invest in crypto. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) posted the results of a survey on Sunday, finding that Gen Z has high levels of trust in “often unreliable sources,” which has contributed to riskier financial decisions. “Moneysmart’s Gen Z study found that while Gen Z has a strong appetite for reputable and trustworthy financial content, many struggle to find it – and their…

A fresh mint of $RLUSD on the $XRP Ledger has sparked discussion in the community about its potential impact on $XRP’s price. This follows the minting of 150 million $RLUSD by a U.S. exchange over the past day, which some commentators expected to boost $XRP’s value. Meanwhile, a top XRPL validator says investors may be misunderstanding the effect of stablecoin minting on the $XRP blockchain. Key Points Gemini minted 150M $RLUSD on XRPL, sparking debate over its impact on $XRP price. XRPL validator Vet says $RLUSD issuance does not create buying pressure for $XRP. $RLUSD acts as a liquidity on-ramp,…

State gambling enforcement against Kalshi is being challenged as 38 attorneys general back Massachusetts’ lawsuit. The case could shape whether states can enforce gambling licensing rules against event contracts. Key Takeaways: Coalition of 38 attorneys general supports Massachusetts lawsuit alleging Kalshi enables unlicensed sports betting activity. CFTC filing adds to the dispute as federal regulator claims exclusive authority over prediction markets. Court decision in Massachusetts case could reshape balance between state gambling enforcement and federal oversight powers. Kalshi Sports Betting Lawsuit Draws State Enforcement Push A bipartisan coalition of 38 attorneys general has filed an amicus brief supporting Massachusetts’ lawsuit…