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Venezuela Shuts Down Petro Cryptocurrency Amid Scandal

Crypto closure linked to mismanagement and oil fund corruption.

January 13, 2024

Valiu, Key to Venezuelan Remittances, Announces Its Closure

Through a statement shared on their social networks in early December, the Colombian-Venezuelan company Valiu announced that they will stop...

December 13, 2021

Regional acquisitions begin consolidation phase in LatAm

The ecosystem of VCs and startups in LatAm have been constantly growing for a decade. This has shown the beginning...

November 12, 2021

Venezuelan super app Yummy makes history with an $18M Series A

It has been the biggest investment that a startup of Venezuelan origin has had to grow in Latin America achieved...

October 22, 2021

Yummy closes seed round to go beyond food delivery in Venezuela

Contxto – Food delivery startups are always up to something in Latin America. Yet, Venezuela is the one country that’s...

September 28, 2020

Visa and NovoPayment launch white-label platform for fintechs in Latin America

Contxto – Visa and NovoPayment recently popped out a new product: “Prepaid in a Box.” This platform aims to ease...

September 2, 2020

US$500,000 are up for grabs with online Seedstars World Competition

Contxto – Seedstars, a global competition for early-stage tech startups, is ready to receive submissions. But as these large-scale events...

July 13, 2020

Cryptobuyer and Mega Soft partnership to push cryptocurrency adoption in Venezuela

Contxto – Cryptobuyer may be based in Panama, but its presence is ever-growing in Venezuela. Last Friday (8) the cryptocurrency...

May 14, 2020

Alianza entre Cryptobuyer y Mega Soft impulsará la adopción de criptomonedas en Venezuela

Contxto – Puede que Cryptobuyer tenga su sede en Panamá, pero su presencia en Venezuela es cada vez mayor. El...

May 14, 2020

Valiu adds crypto-dollar value to remittances in Venezuela

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto –  Hyperinflation in Venezuela dampens the value of the remittances many households receive and greatly rely...

May 1, 2020