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3 Central Banks Forge New Path in Cross-Border Digital Asset Innovation

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New partnerships between central banks target digital currency integration to streamline tokenized cross-border transactions and modernize the global financial infrastructure. Cross-Border Finance Revolution: Three Nations Pioneer Digital Asset Integration The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) unveiled two significant partnerships this week to promote cross-border tokenization with the Bank of Thailand (BOT) and Brazil’s Banco Central … Read more

Brazilian Central Bank Considers Taxing Stablecoin Remittances

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The stablecoin boom in Brazil has caught the attention of the central bank, which is currently exploring several ways to tax stablecoin remittances, including issuing a special license for crypto exchanges that provide these services. Central Bank of Brazil Explores Tax on Stablecoin-Based International Transactions, but There’s a Catch The Central Bank of Brazil is … Read more

Latam Insights Encore: Brazil’s Determination to Build a New Financial System Will Guide BRICS Toward a Common Currency Agreement

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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 how Brazil’s firm determination to push the world toward a multipolar financial system can pay off in the long term. As the next chairman of BRICS, Brazil will be responsible … Read more

Latam Insights: Brazil Pushes for BRICS Unified Financial System, Milei Axes Tax Enforcement Agency

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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 volumes spike in Brazil. Brazil Calls for Unified BRICS Financial System, … Read more

Russia Drives Dedollarization Forward With BRICS — Brazil Now Leads Next Steps

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Russia’s push for BRICS to abandon the U.S. dollar has reached critical milestones, with formalized agreements and functioning alternatives to Western financial systems now in place. BRICS Pushes Dedollarization and Financial Autonomy Forward At the recent BRICS summit in Kazan, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov announced that Russia’s presidency of BRICS had reached critical … Read more

Brazil Calls for Unified BRICS Financial System, Challenging Western Hegemony

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has urged the creation of a unified financial system among BRICS nations. He emphasized the need for alternative monetary relations. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi echoed this sentiment, advocating for financial settlements in national currencies, stressing cooperation within BRICS. Lula Champions Unified BRICS Financial System Brazilian President Luiz … Read more

Cryptocurrency Transactions’ Volumes Spike Nearly 25% in Brazil

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The volume of cryptocurrency transactions in Brazil has yet again registered record numbers. According to figures offered by the Brazilian IRS equivalent, volumes grew 24.2% compared to last year, reaching over $43.5 billion between January and September 2024. Stablecoin volumes were significant, with Tether’s USDT leading the charge. The leading stablecoin registered volumes of $27.4 … Read more

Latam Insights Encore: Brazil Can Lead the Way to Full BRICS De-Dollarization

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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 recent movements by Brazil to further push de-dollarization within BRICS and how this might affect the trading framework of the entire bloc. Latam Insights Encore: Brazil Called to Lead … Read more

Millions Already Hold This Latam-Based Dollar Pegged Stablecoin

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Mercado Libre, the Latin American e-commerce and financial services giant, has reached a milestone with meli dolar, an in-house distributed dollar-pegged stablecoin. The token, launched in August, is now in millions of wallets, according to Ignacio Estivariz, VP of Fintech Services at Mercado Libre. “We already have millions of users who have received meli dolar … Read more