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

Promises Made, Promises Kept

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 Strategic Reserve that includes XRP, SOL, and ADA.” … Read more

Latam Insights Encore: Bukele’s Gambit or How (Not) to Conduct a Bitcoin Revolution

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 explaining how bitcoin fits into this new national reality. Latam … Read more

A Red Week With a Silver Lining

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 it’s finished. Bitcoin Bleeds, but Meme Coin … Read more

The Left’s Fear of Financial Freedom: Elizabeth Warren’s Letter to David Sacks

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 to Undermine Free Enterprise In a letter addressed to David Sacks, Elizabeth Warren (D.-Mass.) … Read more

ETH Denver: What Really Happened

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, I fully expected the fractured morale in the … Read more

From LIBRA to Bybit, but Still Bullish

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 finished. Despite the LIBRA Scam and the Bybit Hack, … Read more