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

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

Billionaire Investor Stanley Druckenmiller Says Markets Know Who Will Win the US Election

Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller recently explained that markets predict Donald Trump’s victory in the upcoming presidential election. In an interview with Bloomberg, Druckenmiller declared that while he remained unconvinced about this, market indicators pointed to Trump clinching the U.S. presidency. Stanley Druckenmiller: Markets Are Anticipating Trump’s Victory Legendary investor Stanley Druckenmiller has shared his insights … Read more

ECB Working Paper: The Role of Stablecoins as Crypto Safe-Haven Is Questionable

A recent study part of the European Central Bank (ECB) working paper series has concluded that stablecoins are susceptible to shocks derived from U.S. monetary policy changes. Contractionary shocks make stablecoins react negatively, being even more relevant than traditional crypto shocks to stablecoins, while money market funds (MMFs) thrive. ECB Paper: Stablecoins Are Susceptible to … Read more

Bitso Expands to Colombia Amidst Growing Cryptocurrency Adoption in the Country

Bitso, a Mexico-based cryptocurrency exchange, is expanding and strengthening its push into the Colombian market in the midst of growing interest in these new technologies in the country. Bitso has appointed Emilio Pardo as a new country manager, to debut the start of operations in Colombia in partnership with Banco de Bogota. Bitso Enters Colombian … Read more