Latam Insights Encore: Argentina’s Libertarian Lion’s Future Depends on His Greenback Gambit

Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and crypto news from the past week. This edition explores how the Argentine government and President Javier Milei are fully committing to the system designed to control the rise of the dollar following the recent lifting of currency controls. Latam Insights … Read more

Latam Insights: Argentina Controls Dollar Exchange Rate, Brazilian Ponzi Operator Gets 128-Year Sentence

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto and economic news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, the Argentine government manages to control the dollar’s exchange rate after lifting currency controls, the operator of a Brazilian crypto Ponzi scheme receives a 128-year jail sentence, and Panama City … Read more

Seizable? Indeed! Crypto Is Now Closer to Functioning as Money in Brazil

Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and crypto news from the past week. This edition explores how an unfortunate ruling has brought cryptocurrency closer to being considered money in Brazil, making it seizable for settling debts. Latam Insights Encore: Crypto Gives a New Step to Become Money … Read more

Latam Insights: Argentine Congress Takes Aim at Libra, Crypto Now Seizable in Brazil

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto and economic news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, the Argentine lower chamber will investigate Libra’s launch, cryptocurrency can now be legally seized in Brazil, and the Brazilian CBDC pilot, drex, has hit a roadblock. Argentine Congress to Formally … Read more

Latam Insights Encore: Brazil Fights a Pointless War Against Stablecoins

Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and crypto news from the past week. This edition examines how the Brazilian government’s proposed ruleset that would outlaw stablecoin self-custody is pointless, as Brazilians will find a way to sidestep it. Latam Insights Encore: Brazil Won’t Be Able to Ban … Read more

Latam Insights: Largest Latam Bank Mulls Stablecoin, Brazil Bans Retirement Funds From Investing in Crypto

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto and economic news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, Itau reveals it is considering launching its own stablecoin, Brazil bans retirement funds from investing in crypto, and also champions local currency payments as a BRICS member. Largest Bank in … Read more

Latam Insights: Bukele’s US Tour, Panamanian Crypto Bill

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto and economic news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele announces a visit to the U.S., a Panamanian crypto bill gets introduced, and Venezuela suffers after Trump implements secondary tariffs on oil purchases. El Salvador’s Bukele … Read more

Latam Insights Encore: Bolivia’s Crypto Power Deal Opens a New Era for Commodity Markets

Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and crypto news from the past week. This edition examines how the recently disclosed use of crypto for power imports in Bolivia opens a new era for the validity of these settlements in international commodity markets. Latam Insights Encore: Bolivia Taps … Read more