A look at Tether's role in Venezuela's economy, which puts it in a prime position to aid the U.S. as it seeks to find funds allegedly stolen by Maduro's regime
The stablecoin served as a tool to avoid sanctions and a lifeline for everyday citizens — Nicolás Maduro helped make tether the world's dominant stablecoin.
A look at Tether's role in Venezuela's economy, which puts it in a prime position to aid the U.S. as it seeks to find funds allegedly stolen by Maduro's regime
The stablecoin served as a tool to avoid sanctions and a lifeline for everyday citizens — Nicolás Maduro helped make tether the world's dominant stablecoin.
How the Venezuelan government is using crypto and stablecoins like USDT to manage the downturn; Venezuela sells most of its oil to China and is paid in crypto
President Nicolás Maduro's opponents hope a new period of economic pain will finally topple his government.
Interfax: Roskomnadzor blocked Signal in Russia for allegedly violating laws linked to anti-terrorist operations; Venezuela reportedly blocked Signal too
Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia. The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying …
Interfax: Roskomnadzor blocked Signal in Russia for allegedly violating laws linked to anti-terrorist operations; Venezuela reportedly blocked Signal too
Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia. The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying …
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro bans X in the country for ten days, accusing Elon Musk of using X to promote hatred after Venezuela's disputed election
Venezuela's temporary crypto mining ban is killing the industry that President Maduro promoted; ~75K mining equipment units were disconnected since March 2023
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A look at how central banks are increasingly using Instagram as inflation rises; Bank Indonesia is the most-followed with 699K, followed by Venezuela and Brazil
The world's central banks are mixing it with wellness influencers, makeup experts and amateur chefs on Instagram as they increasingly turn … Tweets: @samsonellis , @b50 , @deepcutstweets , @samsonelli...
OpenSea confirms it is banning users to comply with US sanctions, after some users with Iran-based IP addresses say their accounts and NFTs were deleted
Social media is flooded with reports of users in Venezuela not being able to use MetaMask and Infura, and Iranian users being locked out of OpenSea.
Facebook's Oversight Board is taking public comments on Facebook's decision to ban Trump and if it complied with “freedom of expression and human rights”
especially as outside pressure mounted for it to do so. It evolved into a common law-like system of governance over speech, and people started to notice, and (obviously) people got angry. 4/ Howard De...