BitPay Opens Latin American HQ in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Atlanta-based BitPay, a digital payments processor, has announced the opening of their Latin American headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Located at the 'Bitcoin Embassy Buenos Aires', the office is home to Fundación Bitcoin Argentina (Bitcoin Foundation Argentina) and a few other bitcoin-related companies. At the office, BitPay has employed five software engineers and one business development manager, Alberto Liver Vega. "As a technology enthusiast, I see Bitcoin as a big opportunity for companies to gain a competitive advantage," he said. Vega, for the past 15 years, has been....
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As global popularity of Bitcoin grows, many Bitcoin companies are taking notice and expanding operations into other countries. Earlier this week, merchant payment processor BitPay announced the opening of its Latin America headquarters in Argentina. The expansion is one of the first for the Atlanta, Georgia based company and comes at an important time for the future of currency in the region. In Argentina, BitPay will employ five software engineers in addition to business development manager, Alberto Liver Vega. "As a technology enthusiast, I see Bitcoin as a big opportunity for companies....
Argentina has seen such strong growth in bitcoin transactions, owing mostly to the high inflation and capital controls imposed by the government that led people to pursue alternative methods of moving funds around. With that, Buenos Aires has been chosen to host the first-ever Latin America bitcoin conference. The forum was co-sponsored by Bitcoin Argentina and Bitcoin Latin America and was held in the Buenos Aires government's brand new auditorium last July 31. The event also included live streaming from other conferences held simultaneously at the Virtual Currencies in the Financial and....
If you're the type that enjoys consuming bitcoin-related media, you may be interested to learn that there's a new documentary out on the topic called Bitcoin: Buenos Aires. Produced by TheProtocol. TV, the film takes a look at the development of bitcoin in Argentina - a country suffering from a devaluing currency in the amount of about thirty percent annually. Here's an official description of the film from the website: Filmed over three days at the beginning of July in Argentina, "Bitcoin: Buenos Aires" provides a never before seen glimpse into the heart of the preeminent Bitcoin....
Horacio Larreta, the head of the government of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, confirmed that the city will allow its citizens to pay some taxes with cryptocurrencies. This is part of a digitization plan that the city has named “Buenos Aires+” that seeks to simplify the relationship the city has with citizens.
Buenos Aires Government to Introduce Cryptocurrency Tax Payments
The government of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, is planning to allow its citizens to pay some taxes with cryptocurrencies. According to local media, the announcement was made by....
Bitcoin is changing the way people use their money in Argentina. Since the 1930s, the nation had a long history of policy mismanagement. Argentina is once again under a heavy inflation, making the national currency lose its value; that’s why Bitcoin is seen as an escape from this condition and is being widely adopted in the country. The Auditorium of the....