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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...
Bukele Advises Argentine Vice President on Bitcoin and Volcano Bonds
4.10.2024
During his official visit to Argentina, Bukele met with Victoria Villarruel, the nation’s vice president, to discuss cryptocurrency and the Salvadoran experience with Bitcoin. While the meeting was private, a video released before the meeting shows Villarruel asking Bukele about the first...
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...
Bukele Highlights El Salvador’s Rebirth, Warns About Upcoming ‘New Dark Age’ at United Nations
27.9.2024
President Nayib Bukele highlighted El Salvador’s achievements since his first term, referring to the country’s economic revival and improved personal security before the United Nations General Assembly. Bukele also warned about worsening global conditions, stating that humanity...
Latam Insights Encore: Bukele’s Zero-Debt Budget Is a Good Start to Heal El Salvador’s Economy
24.9.2024
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 budget proposal of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, which contemplates eliminating debt issuance and how this might change...
Central Reserve Bank: Only 1.1% of Remittances Involve Cryptocurrency in El Salvador
24.9.2024
The adoption of cryptocurrency, especially Bitcoin, for remittances has failed to surge in El Salvador, even with the support of President Nayib Bukele’s administration. According to data provided by the Central Reserve Bank, only 1.1% of all remittances sent to the country from January...
Latam Insights: Bukele Announces Self-Financed Budget; Salvadoran Coffee Purchase Settled With Bitcoin
23.9.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the past week. In this issue, President Nayib Bukele announces a zero debt budget, a batch of Salvadoran coffee gets purchased using bitcoin, and Lightspark eyes the region’s markets....
Nayib Bukele and Elon Musk Discuss AI, Robotics, and Future of Humanity
23.9.2024
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele met with Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk at the Texas Gigafactory, discussing AI, robotics, and humanity’s future. The two exchanged views on innovation, and Musk praised Bukele’s leadership. Their conversation emphasized how cutting-edge...
Fed’s Rate Cut Could Spell Disaster, Microstrategy Buys More Bitcoin, and More — Week in Review
22.9.2024
Peter Schiff has warned that the Federal Reserve’s rate cut will lead to economic disaster. Microstrategy, continuing its bitcoin acquisition strategy, plans to buy more bitcoin after raising $1.01 billion from a private offering. A bitcoin investor faces up to three years in prison...
Nayib Bukele meets Elon Musk at Tesla to discuss AI, future of humanity
21.9.2024
President Bukele visits Tesla to discuss the future of AI, Bitcoin, and El Salvador's emerging role in tech innovation with Elon Musk
Bukele States El Salvador Will Self-Finance 2025 Budget, Won’t Issue Even ‘a Cent’ of Debt
18.9.2024
President Nayib Bukele revealed that he would present a self-financed budget proposal to the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, meaning that the government will not issue debt to pay for its operations in 2025. Bukele stressed that this would be the first time this happened in decades...
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele to Present Debt-Free Budget for 2025
16.9.2024
Bukele spoke during the commemoration of 203 years of El Salvador independence
Bukele advisers said BTC adoption was ‘complete PR move’ — TIME reporter
12.9.2024
According to a TIME Magazine correspondent, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele used Bitcoin to “change the narrative” on the country’s international perception
El Salvador marks three years of Bitcoin adoption with $31M profit
7.9.2024
Despite widespread initial criticism, El Salvador is sitting on over $31 million worth of Bitcoin profit
Financial Action Task Force of Latin America States Bitcoin Has Not Reached a ‘Significant Impact’ in El Salvador
6.9.2024
The Financial Task Force of Latin America (GAFILAT) released an evaluation of the state of El Salvador regarding compliance with international anti-money laundering requirements. The institution found that, while El Salvador included bitcoin as legal tender in 2021, the crypto asset has not reached...
Latam Insights Encore: Learning From El Salvador’s Lesson on Using Bitcoin as a Rebranding Tool
3.9.2024
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 discuss how other countries can learn to use bitcoin as a rebranding tool, following El Salvador’s example. Latam Insights Encore: Other...
Latam Insights: Bukele Used Bitcoin as a Rebranding Tool; Bitcoin Mining Companies Stop Operating in Paraguay After Power Fee Hikes
2.9.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the past week. In this issue: Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele acknowledges that bitcoin rebranded the country, some bitcoin mining companies have stopped operating in Paraguay after...