LATAM Payments Giant Mercado Pago Launches Fresh Crypto Adoption Drive
The Latin American e-commerce heavyweight Mercado Libre has taken another step into the world of crypto – and will pay its customers to refer friends to the crypto trading service on Mercado Pago, its e-pay app. Mercado...
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Mercado Libre is often dubbed the LATAM Amazon and has hundreds of millions of users across the region. It began accepting Bitcoin (BTC) as a means of payment back in 2021....
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