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President Milei Issues Advice to Elon Musk’s D.O.G.E.: ‘Cut to the Chase’
21.11.2024
Argentine President Javier Milei, who self-describes as anarcho-capitalist, issued recommendations to Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.), to develop his deregulation and state cleaning role. In Lex Fridman’s podcast, Milei urged Musk to be efficient...
Latam Insights Encore: Milei’s Call for Crypto Independence Highlights the Problems of State Adoption
19.11.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and cryptocurrency news from last week. In this edition, we examine Argentine President Javier Milei’s recent statements about maintaining a separation between crypto and the state and how this reveals...
Latam Insights: Milei Advocates for Crypto Independence, Hive Updates on Paraguayan Mining Site
17.11.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the past week. In this issue, Argentine President Javier Milei calls for maintaining cryptocurrency independence, Hive provides an update on its Paraguayan mining site, and World lands...
President Trump Meets Milei: ‘Make Argentina Great Again’
17.11.2024
Javier Milei, the libertarian President of Argentina, became the first international leader to meet with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club following his victory at the polls. Trump confirmed the alignment of their policies, stating that Milei could “make Argentina great...
Milei Advocates for Crypto Independence: ‘Don’t Let States Take Over’
15.11.2024
President Javier Milei advocated for maintaining a separation of crypto and state. The Argentine leader stated that private cryptocurrencies might collaborate to end the state monopoly on currency, and rejected CBDCs. Milei Supports Maintaining Crypto Outside the State’s Reach While some...
Latam Insights: Trump and Milei Parley, Deep Chainsaw Cuts Into Argentine State
11.11.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the past week. In this issue, we discuss the conversation between President-Elect Donald Trump and Argentine President Javier Milei, the thousands of job positions axed by Milei’s Deep...
Elon Musk Ready to Implement Milei’s Chainsaw Model in the US
11.11.2024
Elon Musk is coordinating to import Argentine President Milei’s chainsaw model to the U.S. Milei recently stated that his Minister of De-Regulation and State Transformation, Federico Sturzenegger, had coordinated with Musk to replicate Argentina’s model. Elon Musk Would Import...
Bitcoin Pioneer Praises Milei’s Vision in Argentina
5.11.2024
Peter Todd, a Bitcoin pioneer recently accused of being Satoshi Nakamoto in HBO’s documentary “Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery,” has praised President Javier Milei’s vision for Argentina. At the sidelines of Labitcoinf, a Latam-focused crypto event, Todd stated that as...
Milei’s ‘Deep Chainsaw’ Trims Thousands of Jobs in Argentina
4.11.2024
Deep Chainsaw, the name given to President Milei’s plan to trim the bureaucratic excesses in state institutions, recently reached a milestone in savings for the country. Milei celebrated that the program eliminated over 33,000 job positions. Argentina’s Minister of State...
Latam Insights: Brazil Pushes for BRICS Unified Financial System, Milei Axes Tax Enforcement Agency
27.10.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the past week. In this issue, Brazil declares the necessity of creating a BRICS-centric financial system, President Javier Milei axes the tax collection agency in Argentina, and crypto...
‘Deep Chainsaw’ Sinks Deeper as Milei Axes Tax Enforcer in Argentina
24.10.2024
President Javier Milei has taken yet another step in reducing the size of the state. Through the President’s Office X account, Milei revealed that he would axe AFIP, the current tax enforcer in Argentina, replacing it with a simpler, smaller agency, eliminating over a third of...
Cardano hosts first smart contract legally enforceable in Argentina
10.10.2024
Cardano is host to the first smart contract where Argentina’s courts have jurisdiction after the country legalized crypto as a payment method in commercial contracts last December
Cardano hosts first smart contract legally enforceable in Argentina
10.10.2024
Cardano is host to the first smart contract over which Argentina’s courts have jurisdiction after the country legalized crypto for payments in commercial contracts last December
Latam Insights Encore: Bukele Might Orange-Pill Milei on Bitcoin
8.10.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and cryptocurrency news from last week. In this edition, we examine President Nayib Bukele’s official visit to Argentina, and how this might translate to bitcoin being more prominently incorporated...
Latam Insights: Bukele Offers Bitcoin Advice to Argentina, Uruguay Passes Crypto Law
7.10.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the past week. In this issue, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele meets with President Milei in Argentina, offering bitcoin advice to the Senate, and Uruguay passes a cryptocurrency...
‘Deep Chainsaw’ Advances: Milei to Eliminate National Coin House
3.10.2024
The Administration of Javier Milei has revealed that the Argentine Coin House, the equivalent of the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, will be closed as part of the ‘deep chainsaw’ cost reduction plan. The announcement was made by Deregulation and State Transformation Minister...
Bukele and Milei Meet: Zero-Deficit Budgets, Security, and Policy Discussed
1.10.2024
The presidents of Argentina and El Salvador, Javier Milei and Nayib Bukele, met on Monday in Buenos Aires to discuss several issues concerning the mutual problems of their countries. The meeting, attended by members of both cabinets, covered topics such as security, debt issuance, and political...
Latam Insights Encore: Latin America’s Proactive Leadership Could Change the UN’s Agenda
1.10.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and cryptocurrency news from last week. In this edition, we examine the actions of proactive leaders in Latam, such as Argentina’s Javier Milei and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele, and their potential...
Latam Insights: Argentina and El Salvador Fight Against the International Agenda
30.9.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the past week. In this issue, Argentina rejects the UN’s Pact for the Future, President Nayib Bukele warns about the impending arrival of a dark age, and cryptocurrency imports reach...
Deep Chainsaw: Milei’s Government Prepares New Measures to Curb Public Spending
29.9.2024
Federico Sturzenegger, Argentine President Javier Milei’s Minister of De-Regulation and State Transformation, explained that the administration is preparing to implement new measures to reduce public spending. Calling it “Deep Chainsaw,” Sturzenegger revealed that the government is working...