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Latam’s Strategy Rises: Oranje Aims to Invest More Than $200 Million in Bitcoin
29.4.2025
Oranje, which is receiving advice from Itau BBA, Itau’s investment bank, aims to mimic the moves of Michael Saylor’s Strategy in Brazil and Latin America. The company was founded by crypto industry heavyweights Guilherme Gomes, formerly of Swan Bitcoin, and Guilherme Ferreira, president of Bahema....
Latam Insights Encore: How XRP’s Latam Takeover Might Start From Brazil
29.4.2025
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 recently approved XRP ETF might be the starting point for a larger participation of Ripple in Latin America. Latam Insights Encore: XRP...
Latam Insights: XRP ETF Debuts in Brazil, Argentina Keeps Trumping the Dollar
28.4.2025
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 first XRP ETF debuts in Brazil, Argentina keeps winning the dollar battle, and experts warn about an energy collapse in Paraguay due to bitcoin...
Latam Insights Encore: Argentina’s Libertarian Lion’s Future Depends on His Greenback Gambit
22.4.2025
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...
Latam Insights: Argentina Controls Dollar Exchange Rate, Brazilian Ponzi Operator Gets 128-Year Sentence
20.4.2025
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...
Seizable? Indeed! Crypto Is Now Closer to Functioning as Money in Brazil
14.4.2025
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...
Latam Insights: Argentine Congress Takes Aim at Libra, Crypto Now Seizable in Brazil
14.4.2025
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...
Latam Insights Encore: Brazil Fights a Pointless War Against Stablecoins
9.4.2025
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...
Latam Insights: Largest Latam Bank Mulls Stablecoin, Brazil Bans Retirement Funds From Investing in Crypto
7.4.2025
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...
Latam Insights Encore: Trump’s Secondary Tariff Strategy Against Venezuela: Killing a Fly With a Nuke
1.4.2025
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....
Tether Completes $615 Million Purchase of Latam Agricultural Giant Adecoagro
31.3.2025
Adecoagro, an agricultural giant in Latam, will sell up to 51% of its actions to Tether in an all-cash deal that gives the stablecoin company a majority stake. Tether would also be interested in Bioceres, a biotech company whose stock has fallen over 33% in 2025. A Seed Round: Tether to Acquire...
Latam Insights: Bukele’s US Tour, Panamanian Crypto Bill
31.3.2025
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...
LatAm Exchange TruBit Taps Crypto Lending Platform Morpho for DeFi Earn Offering
26.3.2025
A better user experience can be created by having fintech at the front and DeFi at the back, also known as a “DeFi mullet.”
Crypto Exchange Bitso Launches Stablecoin Business, Eyeing LatAm Cross-Border Payments
26.3.2025
The newly established subsidiary, Juno, will first issue a Mexican peso stablecoin on Ethereum layer-2 Arbitrum
Latam Insights Encore: Libra’s Case Outcome Will Set a (Likely Bad) Predecent for Meme Coins
25.3.2025
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...
Aqua Wallet Reveals Upcoming Latam-Focused Integrations
24.3.2025
Samson Mow explained that Aqua Wallet is changing to better accommodate the needs of its customers in Latam. This encompasses a total refactor of its user interface, the integration of several national payment methods, and even the release of a prepaid credit card. Aqua Wallet to Introduce...
Latam Insights: Libra’s Class Action Lawsuit, Brazil’s Bitcoin Wages Bill
24.3.2025
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, Libra’s founders face a class action lawsuit, a bitcoin wages bill is introduced in the Brazilian Congress, and a Venezuelan minister...
Latam Insights Encore: Bolivia’s Crypto Power Deal Opens a New Era for Commodity Markets
18.3.2025
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...
Latam Insights: Bolivia’s Crypto Energy Moves and Brazil’s Crypto BRICS Initiative
17.3.2025
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, dollar scarcity is pushing Bolivia to pay for energy imports with crypto, Brazil is prioritizing the implementation of a crypto payment system...
Bitso Cryptocurrency Latam Report: Stablecoin Adoption Rises, Bitcoin Popularity Dwindles
14.3.2025
The latest Bitso Crypto Landscape in Latam report indicates that the region is still fertile ground for cryptocurrency markets. The stablecoin market grew, accounting for almost 40% of all purchases, while bitcoin purchases diminished to 22%. Bitso Report Shows Stablecoins Remain Strong in Latam...