Sanctions

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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Venezuelan Bolivar Plunges After Secondary Crude Tariff Regime Announcement

Venezuelan Bolivar Plunges After Secondary Crude Tariff Regime Announcement

The Venezuelan bolivar accelerated its loss against the U.S. dollar as the government faced dollar shortages amid an economic trade war. The Trump administration’s secondary trade tariff regime on Venezuelan crude is starving the country of foreign currency to inject into the national market, driving these imbalances. Secondary Tariff Announcement Prompts Steep Venezuelan Bolivar Drop

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US Treasury Removes Tornado Cash From OFAC Sanctions List

US Treasury Removes Tornado Cash From OFAC Sanctions List

The Department of Treasury has lifted Sanctions on Tornado Cash, the Ethereum based smart contract mixer, following a series of legal defeats and administrative challenges. “Based on the Administration’s review of the novel legal and policy issues raised by use of financial sanctions against financial and commercial activity occurring within evolving technology and legal environments,

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