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Latam Insights Encore: Trump’s Secondary Tariff Strategy Against Venezuela: Killing a Fly With a Nuke

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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 Trump administration’s newfound secondary tariff strategy and its application against Venezuela might inflict lots of collateral damage. Latam Insights Encore: Trump’s Secondary Tariff Strategy Lacks Finesse, Involves Millions The … Read more

AI Agents Could Be Crypto’s Next Breakthrough – If We Shift From Hype to Utility

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Alec Goh is Head of HTX Ventures, the global investment arm of cryptocurrency exchange HTX. In this Op-Ed, Alec argues that the convergence of AI Agents and Web3 holds transformative potential, but requires the industry to avoid common crypto pitfalls. Building Sustainable Value in Crypto + AI I have navigated through multiple market cycles in … Read more

Make Way for Macro and Geopolitics

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From Saylor’s $10M BTC buy (a rounding error), to Ripple’s lawsuit win, to Solana’s cringey ad, last week’s crypto headlines were dwarfed by the real forces driving markets: inflation, war, and a global liquidity pivot. This editorial is from last week’s edition of the Week in Review newsletter. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to get … Read more

Latam Insights Encore: Libra’s Case Outcome Will Set a (Likely Bad) Predecent for Meme Coins

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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 recent clarification about meme coins not constituting securities could affect the Libra case, shielding founders from legal and civil actions that are already underway, putting investors at risk. Latam … Read more

Trump’s Terrifying Tariffs

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Last week as markets wobbled, tariffs seemed to be the consensus culprit. But are tariffs just an easy scapegoat? How Much Do Tariffs Matter? This editorial is from last week’s edition of the Week in Review newsletter. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to get the editorial the second it’s finished. As equity and crypto markets … Read more

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

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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

Promises Made, Promises Kept

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Last week America officially started a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, but the Market doesn’t seem to care yet. Last Week Macro Arguably Mattered More Than Policy Trump and macro dominated last week. On Sunday night, Trump posted on Truth Social that he would “move forward on a Crypto Strategic Reserve that includes XRP, SOL, and ADA.” … Read more

Latam Insights Encore: Bukele’s Gambit or How (Not) to Conduct a Bitcoin Revolution

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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 President Nayib Bukele’s behavior regarding the commitments El Salvador has made under the IMF deal, choosing to remain vague rather than explaining how bitcoin fits into this new national reality. Latam … Read more