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Cuba Passes 176 Historic Reforms to Open Its Economy to Private Banks and Real Estate

DIGIT — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 07:30:27 +0000

The Cuban National Assembly passed a set of reforms that would open the Cuban system to private investment and private banks in the island’s financial system. The measure came after the Trump Administration imposed sanctions on the Cuban state oil company, Unión Cuba-Petróleo (CUPET). Cuba Backpedals On Socialism With New Economic Reforms Cuba, one of […]

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Visa and Mastercard to Halt Operations in Cuba Following Sweeping US Sanctions

DIGIT — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:50:11 +0000

The Central Bank of Cuba announced that the interruption of the credit companies’ activities was linked to the suspension of foreign bank services that processed these transactions. The bank stressed this was a consequence of the expanded sanctions regime on Cuba. Mastercard And Visa Stop Processing Payments In Cuba Mastercard and Visa, two of the […]

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P2P Bitcoin Exchange Hodl Hodl Suspends Lending Services for US and UN Embargoed Countries’ Residents

DIGIT — Sat, 25 May 2024 01:36:38 +0000

Hodl Hodl, a non-custodial Bitcoin exchange, has announced changes to its “Terms of Service” agreement affecting the availability of its lending services. The platform is now excluding residents of the U.S. as well as U.N. embargoed countries from its lending platform, citing “regulatory uncertainty” as the reason behind these changes. Hodl Hodl to Exclude US […]

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The Truth Behind Cuba’s Bitcoin Revolution: Video

DIGIT — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 17:50:00 +0000

Cointelegraph’s latest documentary takes viewers to Cuba, the land of classic cars, communism, hyperinflation and Bitcoin.

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Bitcoin in Cuba: why some Cubans are adopting BTC to escape ‘The Matrix’

DIGIT — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 10:49:30 +0000

Private businesses could be poised to benefit from the cryptocurrency revolution in one of the world’s harshest business environments – Cuba.

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Cuba Bitcoin community hosts BTC-only meetup

DIGIT — Wed, 31 May 2023 13:30:01 +0000

The Cuba Bitcoin community hosted the country’s first-ever Bitcoin-only meetup in Havana over the weekend, attended by 60 crypto-curious Cubans.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Explains ‘Multipolar’ World View in Brazil

DIGIT — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 05:30:33 +0000

Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, started his tour of Latin America on April 17, landing first in Brasilia to hold high-level talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva and Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira. Lavrov insisted that Russia was building a “multipolar” world, while Vieira rejected the unilateral sanctions enacted against Russia. […]

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Controversial ‘Tiktok Ban Bill’ Sparks Concerns Among Cryptocurrency and Technology Advocates

DIGIT — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 18:00:52 +0000

Cryptocurrency and technology proponents have recently been discussing a new bipartisan bill called the “Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT)” Act. In addition to targeting firms such as Kaspersky, Huawei, and Tiktok, opponents of the bill believe one of its provisions will punish ordinary Americans for leveraging a […]

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OpenSea blocks Cuban artists from the platform due to U.S sanctions

DIGIT — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 12:53:19 +0000

OpenSea’s terms of service explicitly prohibit individuals and organizations from sanctioned regions from using its platform.

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Constant Blackouts Have Ruined Cryptocurrency Mining Investments in Cuba

DIGIT — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 07:30:41 +0000

Several small investors have manifested that the constant blackouts in several parts of Cuba have made cryptocurrency mining unsustainable, leaving them unable to operate their rigs. The blackouts also affect telecommunications, leaving some of these operations that rely on off-grid power plants without the internet needed to complete mining tasks. Cryptocurrency Mining in Cuba Not […]

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