📢 U.S. sentences Colombian broker who laundered US$14.5 million in USDT to more than 13 years
A federal judge in New York sentenced Leonardo de Jesús Zuluaga Duque, alias “Rey,” a cryptocurrency broker residing in Colombia, to 160 months in prison (more than 13 years) on October 21, 2026, for laundering drug-trafficking proceeds using Tether’s USDT and participating in a conspiracy to import cocaine…
📢 Buenos Aires to unveil its first monument to Satoshi Nakamoto on October 29
Buenos Aires will get its first monument to Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator of Bitcoin. The work, titled “The Genesis of Satoshi Nakamoto,” will be unveiled on October 29, 2026, at Polo DOT, during the XAPO Opening Cocktail at LABITCONF 2026’s Open Fest, according to a statement that the NGO Bitcoin Argentina (Bitcoin.ar) sent to…
📢 Does swapping one cryptocurrency for another incur taxes in Colombia? The DIAN explains barter transactions
Yes. For the DIAN, swapping one cryptocurrency for another—for example, ETH for USDT—is a barter transaction: you give up one asset and receive another, and you are considered the seller of the asset you give up. That is why it can generate taxable income even if you don’t receive a single peso. That income is calculated in pesos at the time of the exchange, transaction…
📢 Ecuador begins process for virtual asset bill that would require exchanges and custodians to register
Ecuador’s National Assembly’s Legislative Administration Council (CAL) unanimously approved the Organic Virtual Assets Bill, introduced by Assembly member Inés Alarcón, and sent it to the Committee on Comprehensive Security, according to reports from the National Assembly and El Diario on October 19, 2026. The approval is only…
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