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Seizable? Indeed! Crypto Is Now Closer to Functioning as Money in Brazil

Seizable? Indeed! Crypto Is Now Closer to Functioning as Money in Brazil

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 an unfortunate ruling has brought cryptocurrency closer to being considered money in Brazil, making it seizable for settling debts. Latam Insights Encore: Crypto Gives a New Step to Become Money

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Liberation for Bitcoin From Equities?

Liberation for Bitcoin From Equities?

Last week, with tariffs looming and macro uncertainty unresolved, the move upward felt more like wishful thinking than fundamental confidence. 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. Last Week The Question Was: Are Tariffs Priced In?

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Latam Insights Encore: Trump’s Secondary Tariff Strategy Against Venezuela: Killing a Fly With a Nuke

Latam Insights Encore: Trump’s Secondary Tariff Strategy Against Venezuela: Killing a Fly With a Nuke

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 Trump administration’s newfound secondary tariff strategy and its application against Venezuela might inflict lots of collateral damage. Latam Insights Encore: Trump’s Secondary Tariff Strategy Lacks Finesse, Involves Millions The

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Hashgraph CEO — ‘Tokenization Isn’t a Bubble Waiting to Pop’

Hashgraph CEO — ‘Tokenization Isn’t a Bubble Waiting to Pop’

I’ve seen my fair share of ‘hype cycles’ — from the dot-com boom to the initial coin offering (ICO) craze — so I understand why there’s skepticism around tokenization. It’s the latest buzzword, no doubt. But having watched past trends rise and fall firsthand, I can tell you this one’s different. Why? Why Tokenization Won’t

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Latam Insights Encore: Libra’s Case Outcome Will Set a (Likely Bad) Predecent for Meme Coins

Latam Insights Encore: Libra’s Case Outcome Will Set a (Likely Bad) Predecent for Meme Coins

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 recent clarification about meme coins not constituting securities could affect the Libra case, shielding founders from legal and civil actions that are already underway, putting investors at risk. Latam

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

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

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