Tagged: bitso

Latin America: Bitso Tops 6 Million Users

Top crypto trading platform Bitso says it has surpassed 6 million users in Latin America while claiming it is in the midst of a growth spurt the fastest they have seen since its inception in 2014. Bitso states that in the past year, it has… Read More

Global Payroll Firm Via Teams Up with Latin America’s Crypto Platform Bitso

Via, a global payroll platform that helps hire and pay workers anywhere in the world in compliance with all local legal regulations, announced that it has opted for Bitso, the cryptocurrency platform in Latin America, to streamline international payments for workers using the power of… Read More

Latin America: Bitso Promotes Utilizing Crypto to Counter Inflation

Bitso, a Latin American crypto exchange reporting 5 million users, has distributed an email stating that Latam users can use crypto to counter the impact of inflation. Bitso reported that according to a study, the reasons for adopting cryptocurrencies are increasingly varied. The study highlights… Read More

Bitso Works with Africhange to Power Canada-Mexico Transfers

Top Latin American crypto exchange Bitso is collaborating with Africhange, an African-Canadian remittance platform that aims to enable payments cross-border from Canada to Mexico. According to a corporate statement, Africhange first focused on transfers between Canada and Nigeria – having processed around CAD 70 million…. Read More

Crypto Basics: Things you can do with cryptocurrency today that you probably didn’t know

When you hear “crypto,” where does your mind go? Maybe you picture wealthy tech entrepreneurs or coders working in dark basements. Maybe it makes you think of scams, hacks, memes, or even Elon Musk. These are the stereotypes that mainstream media has ingrained in many… Read More

Latam: Bitso Adds ETH to Bitso+, Enabling Users to Generate Returns

Leading Latin American crypto platform Bitso says it has added ETH to Bitso+, a yield platform that allows users to generate income on parked funds. Previously, Bitso allowed Bitcoin holders and dollar stablecoin holders to generate income but Bitso has now added ETH. Bitso+ was… Read More

Everest Teams Up with Bitso to Support Cross-Border Payments

Bitso, the cryptocurrency platform in Latin America with over 5 million users, and Everest, the “first” licensed crypto custodian offering stablecoins, announced their partnership to provide Everest users “with the ability to receive cross-border transactions from the US, Europe, and Singapore into Mexico.” The Mexico-US… Read More

Bitso Enables Payment by Crypto for Player Transfer to São Paulo FC

Bitso, a Latin American crypto exchange, has facilitated the transfer of Argentian football (soccer) player to São Paulo FC’ Bitso states that this is the first such transfer to take place with midfielder Giuliano Galoppo signing with the São Paulo club, completed with crypto, and… Read More

LatAm Digital Asset Exchange Bitso Offers Crypto Remittance Service in Colombian Markets

The Latin American digital asset exchange Bitso has introduced a cryptocurrency remittance service in Colombia. The service, which should enable individual consumers and businesses to send and receive “digital dollars,” is reportedly one of the first crypto-based remittance products offered in Colombia to date, according… Read More

Bitso Reports $1 Billion in Remittances Between the US and Mexico in First 6 Months of 2022

Bitso, a Mexico-based crypto platform that claims to be the leading platform of its kind in Latin America, says it has completed $1 billion in remittances during the first 6 months of 2022. This represents 4X the same period in 2021. Currently, Bitso claims over… Read More

Bitso and Addem Capital Partner on Providing Access to Capital for Entrepeneurs – Using Crypto

Leading Latin American crypto exchange Bitso has partnered with Addem Capital to provide access to capital for entrepreneurs not in fiat but in crypto. Addem Capital Group aims to provide access to capital in Latin America via three companies whose purpose is to increase and… Read More

Latam: Bitso Announces Bitso Shift Payment Service between the US and Mexico Powered by Circle’s USDC

Bitso, a top crypto platform in Latin America that reports over 3.3 million users, has launched “Bitso Shift,” a service that allows Mexican people and companies to send and receive payments between Mexico and the United States. According to Bitso, Bitso Shift is targeting Mexican… Read More

Unicorn: Latin American Cryptocurrency Platform Bitso Secures $250 Million Through Series C Funding Round Led By Tiger Global & Coatue

  Bitso, a Mexico-based crypto platform, announced on Wednesday it has achieved unicorn status after raising $250 million through its Series C investment round, which was led by Tiger Global and Coatue with participation from Paradigm, BOND & Valor Capital Group, QED, Pantera Capital, and Kaszek. The… Read More

Bitso Receives $62-million Investment from Kaszek Ventures and QED Investors

Bitso, a Mexico based crypto platform, has received a $62 million investment from Kaszek Ventures and QED Investors. The series B funding represents the first foray into cryptocurrency for both QED Investors and Kaszek Ventures. The digital asset platform says this is the first major… Read More

Fast Pace of Cryptocurrency Adoption in Latin America May be due to Dramatic Rise in Smartphone Users, Bitso Executive Reveals

Bitso, one of Latin America’s largest digital asset exchanges, has reportedly reached 1 million users before its planned launch in Brazil. Santiago Alvarado, director of international payments at Bitso, recently talked about how cryptocurrencies might help with settling cross-border transactions in Latin America. Alvarado, whose… Read More

Digital Asset XRP Liquidty Sets All-Time High Just Weeks After New Lawsuit Filed Against Fintech Ripple

XRP liquidity via the Mexican and Australian corridor recently reached another all-time high. The digital asset’s European corridor liquidity has also increased significantly. San Francisco-based Fintech firm Ripple’s on-demand-liquidity (ODL) solution has experienced an considerable increase in overall usage and adoption this year. The company’s… Read More

Digital Asset Exchange Bitso Aims to Capture 20% of Remittance Market from US to Mexico

Digital asset exchange Bitso managed to capture a little more than 2% of the remittance market from the United States to Mexico in 2019 and now aims to gain a 20% market share by the end of this year. Established in 2014, Bitso experienced significant… Read More

Mexican Cryptocurrency Platform Bitso Secures Distributed Ledger Technology License From Gibraltar Financial Services Commission

Bitso, a Mexico-based cryptocurrency platform, announced on Thursday it secured a Distributed Ledger Technology license from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC). Bitso reported that stating August 1st the custody, withdrawals deposits, and trading of cryptocurrencies made on its platform will be regulated by the… Read More

Ripple Announces Three New Exchange Partners to xRapid

On Thursday, Ripple announced it has added three new exchange partners to its cross-border payments product, xRapid. According to Ripple, xRapid is powered by XRP and the partners allow xRapid payments to move from one currency (into XRP) and back into another currency quickly and efficiently. The exchanges added… Read More

Send this to a friend