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Panama may soon follow El Salvador in making cryptocurrencies legal tender

TechSpot

In a series of tweets posted by Gabriel Silva, the Panamanian congressman shared a video of himself giving an overview of the "Crypto Law" he's backing, a PDF detailing the bill, and a more friendly presentation for those that might think the PDF is too long to read.

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Record Revenue, Double Digit Hike For GivingTuesday

The NonProfit Times

This year Benin, Bolivia, Denmark, Panama, and Sri Lanka launched national GivingTuesday movements, and GivingTuesday launched its Europe Hub, which joins the Africa, India, Latin America & the Caribbean, and U.S. & Participants who volunteered in the U.S. was estimated at 9.2 was estimated at 16.6 million, a 17% jump.

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In the heart of the Panamanian jungle, a startup village grows

The Next Web

At the end of 2013, more than 100 entrepreneurs, artists, environmentalists, and yogis flew into Panama City’s chaotic metropolis, seeking an adventure, and a fun way to celebrate the New Year. After four days in the jungle, the group traveled back to Panama City to ring in the New Year.

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SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience safely returns four astronauts to Earth

The Verge

The crew splashed down off the coast of Panama City, Florida at 2:56am ET on Sunday, NASA said in a news release. The crew’s return was initially set for Wednesday, April 28th, but was delayed due to high winds in the splashdown zone.

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Yummy’s super-sized round helps grow its delivery, ride-sharing super app in LatAm

TechCrunch

The company has also moved on from its initial markets of Venezuela and Bolivia and into Peru and Panama, Zavarce told TechCrunch. The company initially started in Panama and Peru with groceries, but now that it has had some success there, Zavarce expects to expand more categories.

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HBO Max will launch internationally in June

The Verge

Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St.

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AtomChat secures new funding to capitalize on Latin American trend of sales through messaging

TechCrunch

Erick Holmann and Rene Mouynes started the Panama City, Panama-based company in 2019 after working together for more than 15 years automating credit initiation processes for Citi and sales processes for telecommunications companies in Latin America. million in seed funding led by Mucker Capital, with participation from Techstars.

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