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The driving forces behind crypto adoption in Latin America in 2022

Inflation, cross-border payments, assets tokenization and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) were among the major drivers for crypto adoption across Latin America in 2022, sources in the region told Cointelegraph, with exciting examples of progress across many countries. Latin America made up 9.1% of the global crypto value received in 2022, reaching $562

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Near Foundation Joins Processed Foods Giant Grupo Nutresa to Unveil Web3 Loyalty Program in Latin America

Grupo Nutresa, which trades on the Colombia stock exchange, generated $3.1 billion in revenue in 2020 and has been expanding internationally in recent years. It sells products in 78 countries via eight business units, including meats, coffee, ice cream and pasta. Source

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Web3 projects focus on education to bring Latin American women to the sector

Interest in Web3 continues to grow despite the crypto bear market. A recent article from McKinsey noted that venture capital investments in Web3 exceeded $18 billion during the first half of 2022. Findings from Cryptox Research also show that Web3 attracted the most interest from venture capitalists in comparison to

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Remittances drive ‘uneven, but swift’ crypto adoption in Latin America

Remittance payments, fiat fears, and profit-chasing have been the three most significant drivers of crypto adoption in Latin America, according to a new report. The seventh-largest crypto market in the world saw the value of cryptocurrencies received by individuals rocket 40% between July 2021 to June 2022, reaching $562 billion,

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Latin Grammy Awards signs three-year contract for award show NFTs

This year’s 64th Latin Grammy Awards will have its first-ever nonfungible token (NFT) collection after the Latin Recording Academy signed a three-year contract for award show-related NFTs.The aforementioned partnership is between the Latin Recording Academy, which is behind the Latin Grammys, and OneOf, a Web3 music platform. Each collection, which

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