Latam Insights Encore: Bolivia’s Crypto Affair Is Unavoidable: Here’s Why

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 ongoing crisis in Bolivia is configured to stimulate the growth of crypto adoption, even from the government side. Latam Insights Encore: Bolivia Is Set to Become a Crypto Power … Read more

Central Bank of Bolivia Registers Record Use of Virtual Assets Amidst Dollar Scarcity

The Central Bank of Bolivia revealed that the use of virtual assets skyrocketed during the first semester of 2025, increasing more than sixfold compared to 2024’s figures. Additionally, operations grew twelve times since last July. Central Bank of Bolivia Reveals Virtual Assets’ Volumes Rose Over 600% in the First Half of 2025 The use of … Read more

Latam Insights Encore: Bolivia’s New Anti-Crypto Decision Will Backfire… In Time

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 recent crypto ban in Bolivia, pertaining to the use of crypto for energy imports, could backfire in the future. Latam Insights Encore: Bolivia Excludes Crypto From Energy Settlements Let’s … Read more

Bolivia Bans State Oil Company From Using Crypto for Energy Settlements

Luis Arce, the President of Bolivia, signed an executive order prohibiting the use of cryptoassets for energy purchases, aiming to curb speculation surrounding cryptocurrencies and stablecoins on exchanges like Binance. Bolivia Issues Executive Order to Ban Crypto From Energy Settlements Bolivia, a country that has recently shown several positive signs of integrating crypto into its … Read more

Latam Insights Encore: Digital Currency Adoption Is Unavoidable, and Bolivia Is the Proof

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 digital currency is prepared to take over the world, and how even nations that first banned it, like Bolivia, will rely on it sooner or later. Latam Insights Encore: Bolivia: … Read more

Latam Insights: Bolivia Announces Digital Currency, Solana and Ether Futures Approved in Brazil

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, Bolivia completes a crypto comeback story by announcing its digital currency, the Brazilian stock exchange launches SOL and ETH futures, and Belo Horizonte aims to become a bitcoin capital. De-Dollarization … Read more

De-Dollarization Watch: Bolivia to Launch Digital Currency to Tackle Cross-Border Payments

Edwin Rojas Ulo, president of the Central Bank of Bolivia, stated that the institution is currently consulting with international organizations regarding the design of a currency referred to as the “virtual boliviano,” which would facilitate international settlements. Central Bank of Bolivia to Launch Digital Currency With International Settlements in Mind Bolivia, which initially banned the … Read more

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

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

Latam Insights: Bolivia’s Crypto Energy Moves and Brazil’s Crypto BRICS Initiative

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 for BRICS, and the Libra case is advancing … Read more