Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto and economic news from Latin America over the past week. In this issue, Max Keiser floats an idea to allow El Salvador to acquire more bitcoin, Argentine President Javier Milei meets President-Elect Trump, and the popularity of World explodes in Argentina. Should El Salvador […]
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse believes that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will approve spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on crypto tokens other than bitcoin. “I think it’s inevitable that there’ll be multiple ETFs around different tokens,” he stressed, noting that Ripple would welcome an XRP ETF. “In my opinion, it makes these markets […]
Lord Jim O’Neill, the British economist credited with coining the acronym BRIC, calls the creation of a common BRICS currency “ridiculous,” emphasizing that the BRICS nations have “never achieved anything since they first started meeting.” He added: “It’s a good job for the West that China and India never agree on anything, because if they […]