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Colombia may ban Bitcoin transactions next week. El Tiempo is reporting that Colombia is planning to ban all Bitcoin-related transactions next week. This news comes as quite a shock because the fact of the matter is Colombia is not exactly the first country that people think about when it comes to hotspots of cryptocurrency. The Finance Superintendent of Colombia has claimed that virtual currencies are not safe because they have no backing from government. He claims that Colombia already has a safe and useful currency and there's no reason for people to use bitcoins. The El Tiempo article....

South America will get its first bitcoin ATM in two weeks, according to Brazilian bitcoin exchange Mercado Bitcoin. The ATM, a Lamassu unit, will make its debut at the Campus Party technology event in São Paulo, Brazil. Mercado Bitcoin's CEO Rodrigo Batista said the ATM would be installed at one of the 300 booths at the massive annual technology gathering, which is expected to attract more than 100,000 visitors. The machine will be available to the public for the duration of the event, which runs from 27th January to 2nd February. He added: "The ATM is a way to bring people to bitcoin.....

A global bitcoin donation drive is gaining steam just as the 2014 FIFA World Cup gets underway. To date, 10 companies from across the world's regional bitcoin economies have pledged their support to the 2014 Bitcoin Donation Cup. Companies from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and the US have joined forces to sponsor the event, including BitPay, BitGive, Xapo, Mercado Bitcoin and Unisend, plus MexBT, ALTIS and Bitso. Also participating are local support groups like the Colombia Bitcoin Foundation and the Fundacion Bitcoin de Argentina. The Bitcoin Donation Cup enables fundraisers to....

Ten companies are coming together to sponsor something called the 2014 Bitcoin Donation Cup, a community donation program that allows football fans (we're talking soccer here, for our US visitors) to donate bitcoin to a participating charity of their choosing. Sponsoring companies for The Bitcoin Cup include the BitGive Foundation, BitPay (both US-based). Mercado Bitcoin (Brazil). Altis, MexBT, and Bitso (Mexico); and Colombia Bitcoin Foundation along with the Fundacion Bitcoin de Argentina. From today's announcement: By scanning QR codes on signs held by fans watching the games in Brasil,....

The South American country of Colombia has a crumbling financial system but the bitcoin market has enormous potential. Bitcoin.com interviewed SurBTC’s CEO Guillermo Torrealba about the bitcoin market in Colombia. Colombia has Enormous Potential. SurBTC operates bitcoin exchanges in Chile and Colombia. The company launched the Colombian exchange at the....