The city of Mendoza, located in western Argentina, wants to be known worldwide as a Crypto-Friendly city.
Ulpiano Suarez, mayor of Mendoza, announced that the Argentine city will begin free training on Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance (DeFi) next month, to bring its citizens closer to the potential of these technological innovations.
Suarez noted that he is in favor of cryptocurrencies and that he will support initiatives that promote crypto education, in order to Turn Mendoza into a city friendly to new technologies and cryptoassets.
During the meeting “Late crypto and new technologies”, organized by the NGO Bitcoin Argentina in the city of Mendoza earlier this month, the city's mayor also spoke about the alternatives and opportunities that cryptocurrencies are providing to Argentines and highlighted the need for the city to break with the lack of information that exists around these financial innovations.
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Suarez: “We have to position ourselves as a Crypto Friendly City”
The mayor of Mendoza promised to bring crypto education to the city through various training sessions that will be led by professionals and experts in the industry.
Along these lines, he reported that Next August, a free training course will begin to educate about Bitcoin and new technologies.
The training will be conducted by the Bitcoin NGO of Argentina and will include topics on the current monetary context, the importance of cryptocurrencies, regulatory status, and also on the characteristics and potential of blockchain technology.
Also, to delve deeper into the potential of the crypto industry, The city will also host a training focused on decentralized finance, also called DeFi.
The training will allow participants to understand basic aspects of this new financial ecosystem, as well as discover how new finances and new technologies are opening new horizons for everyone, said the mayor.
Suarez has set his sights on cryptocurrencies and new technologies and wants to turn Mendoza into the next world-renowned Crypto-Friendly city.
Mendoza, Argentina and cryptocurrencies
The city of Mendoza wants to take advantage of the opportunities offered by new technologies to boost its technological and economic development.
Mendoza has entered into important alliances with companies in the sector, with which it seeks to position itself as an attractive space for the digital asset industry.
Earlier this month, The city announced an alliance with video game developer Epic Games, which is embracing blockchain to usher in a new generation of video games that will deliver new experiences to its gaming community.
Epic Games announced in June that it had partnered with game publisher Gala Games to begin development of its first blockchain-based video game, which will be available later this year.
By your side, Argentina revealed in early May that it has plans to regulate cryptocurrencies and create its own CBDC digital currency.
Although the country has been quite closed to cryptocurrencies and digital assets, these have become more popular among Argentines. As reported by this media, 1 in 2 Argentines are already using cryptocurrencies, so the government wants to create a regulatory framework that allows for risk management and minimizing financial crimes, such as money laundering.
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