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ForkLog 93 12.06.2025

Killer decentralisation

In September 2023 the OFAC officially acknowledged the Sinaloa cartel’s use of cryptocurrencies. That same year, China’s largest underground labs producing drug precursors received more than $26 million in digital assets. In the first four months of 2024, the volume doubled. This ForkLog feature explores how crypto is being adopted across the black economy, the […]

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ForkLog 10 26.10.2023

Mexican presidential candidate backs Bitcoin payments

Mexican Senator Indira Kempis plans to make Bitcoin an integral part of her political program as she runs for the presidency.

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ForkLog 11 25.10.2023

Mexican billionaire calls Bitcoin a reliable hedge against inflation

One of Mexico's wealthiest men and founder of the Grupo Salinas conglomerate Ricardo Salinas Pliego told Bitcoin Magazine that the first cryptocurrency is a way to protect against inflation because the government cannot devalue it.

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ForkLog 4 04.11.2022

Bitmain announces World Summit on Digital Mining

From 8 to 10 November, mining-hardware manufacturer Bitmain will host the World Summit WDMS Global 2022 in Cancun, Mexico.

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ForkLog 7 22.07.2022

Mercado Bitcoin to expand into Mexico

Brazilian cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin plans to expand into the Mexican market. The company expects regulatory clearance from local regulators, said the platform's CEO Reinaldo Rabelo in a comment to Cointelegraph.

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ForkLog 17 26.05.2022

Tether launches MXNT stablecoin pegged to the Mexican peso

Tether, the issuer of the largest-stablecoin by market capitalization, launched the MXNT stablecoin pegged to the Mexican peso.

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ForkLog 13 25.04.2022

Bank of Mexico delays CBDC launch timeline

The Bank of Mexico pushed back the launch timeline for the national digital currency (CBDC) from 2024 to 2025, said regulator's governor Victoria Rodríguez Secha.

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ForkLog 14 08.04.2022

Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego reveals Bitcoin-heavy portfolio

Salinas Pliego at the Bitcoin 2022 conference said that he prefers Bitcoin to bonds. This is reported by Decrypt.

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ForkLog 11 08.10.2021

Mexican Stock Exchange Weighs Listing of Bitcoin Futures

Futures instruments based on cryptocurrencies. In an interview, the CEO of the platform, Jose-Oriol Bosch Par, said.

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ForkLog 10 10.09.2021

Mexico’s central bank chief says bitcoin is a barter instrument

Bitcoin is more like a barter instrument, whose use carries high risk, than “evolved” money. This was stated by Mexico's central bank governor Alejandro Díaz de León, according to Reuters.

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ForkLog 12 06.09.2021

Billionaire Salinas Pliego’s retailer to add Lightning Network support

The Elektra network of consumer electronics, furniture and home appliances stores in Latin America will add the Lightning Network as a payment option.

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ForkLog 7 29.06.2021

Mexico warns banks of sanctions for using Bitcoin

Cryptocurrencies are not legal tender in Mexico, and their use by financial institutions is subject to sanctions. This is stated in a joint statement by the local central bank, the Ministry of Finance, and the National Banking and Securities Commission.

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