{"id":15092182,"date":"2026-03-31T14:49:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/mercado-libre-shuts-down-mercado-coin-ending-its-loyalty-driven-crypto-experiment\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T00:34:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:34:36","slug":"mercado-libre-shuts-down-mercado-coin-ending-its-loyalty-driven-crypto-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/mercado-libre-shuts-down-mercado-coin-ending-its-loyalty-driven-crypto-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercado Libre shuts down Mercado Coin, ending its loyalty-driven crypto experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sanity.io\/images\/s3y3vcno\/production\/d6843477d88ef478a29f7d7b1f95417c3f560b82-1920x1280.jpg?auto=format&amp;w=960&amp;h=540&amp;crop=focalpoint&amp;fit=clip&amp;q=75&amp;fm=jpg\"><\/p>\n<div>Starting April 17, users will no longer be able to buy, sell or earn cashback in Mercado Coin, but can sell, spend, or have them converted to local currency.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2026\/03\/31\/mercado-libre-shuts-down-mercado-coin-ending-its-loyalty-driven-crypto-experiment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cryptocurrency<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sanity.io\/images\/s3y3vcno\/production\/d6843477d88ef478a29f7d7b1f95417c3f560b82-1920x1280.jpg?auto=format&amp;w=960&amp;h=540&amp;crop=focalpoint&amp;fit=clip&amp;q=75&amp;fm=jpg\"><\/p>\n<div>Starting April 17, users will no longer be able to buy, sell or earn cashback in Mercado Coin, but can sell, spend, or have them converted to local 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