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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...
UK FCA’s Finprom Rules 1 Year Later: How to Kill an Industry in One Easy Step
16.3.2025
As a lawyer (not yours), I spend a good chunk of my time explaining to businesses why they need to pour half their budget into compliance instead of, you know, actually building something useful. But even in the bureaucratic maze I call my profession, few things have been as spectacularly...
Promises Made, Promises Kept
15.3.2025
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...
Latam Insights Encore: Bukele’s Gambit or How (Not) to Conduct a Bitcoin Revolution
11.3.2025
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 President Nayib Bukele’s behavior regarding the commitments El Salvador has made under the IMF deal, choosing to remain vague rather than...
Why Memes May Be The Most Valuable RWAs We Ever Tokenize
8.3.2025
In a series of events that could arguably be mistaken with the plot of a blockbuster sci-fi film, crypto’s collective community has given new meaning to the phrase “we’re so back”. Having journeyed to hell and back, we’ve seen the thorn in crypto’s side, Gary Gensler, swiftly ousted in light of...
A Red Week With a Silver Lining
8.3.2025
Red dominated the crypto charts last week, but beyond the market sell-off, one positive is that meme coin mania may finally be losing steam. 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...
The Left’s Fear of Financial Freedom: Elizabeth Warren’s Letter to David Sacks
8.3.2025
Senator Elizabeth Warren has launched yet another attack on cryptocurrency, this time targeting David Sacks, President Trump’s appointed Crypto Czar, with accusations that reveal more about her hostility toward free markets than any genuine concern for ethics. Elizabeth Warren’s Latest Attempt...
ETH Denver: What Really Happened
6.3.2025
Twenty-five thousand enthusiastic fans from all over the world converged on the Mile High City last week, but murmurings of a leadership vacuum at the Ethereum Foundation persisted. Breaking Down ETH Denver: The Good, The Bad, and The Weird Even before flying into Denver, Colorado last Wednesday,...
Latam Insights Encore: IMF’s Deal Is Clear: Want Funds? Drop Bitcoin!
4.3.2025
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 dynamics between the IMF and the Salvadoran government can serve as a framework for countries seeking to engage with bitcoin and...
From LIBRA to Bybit, but Still Bullish
3.3.2025
A meme coin scandal from a nation state, a record breaking exchange hack, and market volatility—last week was a crazy one. 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...
Latam Insights Encore: Tether Prepares for Business Model Erosion, Doubling Down in Latam
25.2.2025
Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and cryptocurrency news from the past week. This edition examines how Tether is expanding both its foothold and its business to pivot from a model that is on the verge of a dramatic expansion to...
Bitcoin vs. the Dollar: Why Trust Matters More Than You Think
19.2.2025
Understanding money is hard—especially when we don’t ask how it works. Wait, So What Is the U.S. Dollar Backed By? Alex leaned forward at the coffee shop table. “You criticize bitcoin, but do you know how the U.S. dollar works?” John hesitated. “Gold…...
Beware the Bitcoin Yield and BTCfi Larps: A Veteran’s Cautionary Tale
18.2.2025
Having spent over a decade immersed in the cryptocurrency space, I’ve seen countless projects make grand promises—many touting revolutionary returns and cutting-edge decentralized technology. Today, however, a trend has emerged where “Bitcoin DeFi” or “BTCfi” projects...
Latam Insights Encore: Libra Might Benefit Argentina’s Crypto Policy After All
18.2.2025
Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and cryptocurrency news from the past week. This edition examines how the recent debacle of Libra, a token endorsed by Argentine President Javier Milei, might become a positive event for the future...
Trump, Tariffs, and Turmoil, Oh My!
16.2.2025
The mere announcement of Trump’s tariffs last week triggered billions in liquidations across the crypto market, reinforcing the sector’s heightened sensitivity to political risk. This editorial is from last week’s edition of the Week in Review newsletter. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to...
Latam Insights Encore: Brazil Lacks Leadership to Solve Its Crypto Alignment Dilemma
11.2.2025
Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and cryptocurrency news from the past week. This edition examines how the Brazilian government is divided regarding crypto, and how this might affect the growth of its crypto economy. Latam Insights Encore:...
Exhausted? Hodl BTC and Touch Grass
8.2.2025
From last week it has felt like most crypto market participants are exhausted. After a whirlwind of meme coin pumps, dramatic price swings, and sentiment whiplash, it’s easy to see why many are feeling that way. This editorial is from last week’s edition of the Week in Review newsletter. Subscribe...
Latam Insights Encore: El Salvador on a Tightrope While Juggling IMF’s Requirements
4.2.2025
Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and cryptocurrency news from the past week. This edition examines the future of El Salvador after yielding to the IMF’s bitcoin de-risking policies. Latam Insights Encore: El Salvador Struggles to Keep...
The Myth of Trump’s ‘Painless’ Revenue: How Taxes and Tariffs Both Betray Free Market Principles
2.2.2025
Since Donald Trump was sworn in, debate has intensified over replacing income tax with tariffs—a tactic free market purists contend is simply another form of economic interference—prompting this editorial to explain why tariffs are considered unworkable and to explore alternative funding methods...
Trump is Crypto’s Kingmaker
1.2.2025
For years, crypto struggled to gain meaningful traction in U.S. politics. Trump’s second presidential campaign changed this, and days before he was sworn in his Trump-branded memecoin cemented the fact that crypto is now politically and financially important to the President of the United...