Author: Sergio Goschenko

Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and cryptocurrency news from last week. In this edition, we examine how the policies of President Javier Milei and President Nayib Bukele can guide President-Elect Trump in completing several reforms in America…

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the past week. In this issue, we discuss the conversation between President-Elect Donald Trump and Argentine President Javier Milei, the thousands of job positions axed by Milei’s Deep Chainsaw operation…

The BIS announced it was abandoning Mbridge, a project aimed at using CBDCs to interconnect the financial systems of several countries, due to its potential to help BRICS nations sidestep economic sanctions. BIS Abandons Mbridge Project for Potential BRICS Sanctions-Evading Applications The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has finally decided to abandon its participation in

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov believes that the policies of the US and its Western allies are affecting the role of the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency. Siluanov stated that while the U.S. dollar will remain popular, the BRICS bloc will develop a solution using digital financial assets to replace it…

Renowned economist Jim Rickards explained that buying gold to back the dollar would restore confidence in the currency, avoiding a long-term decline. He stated that the currency should not be taken for granted, as new forms of money like crypto will step in as old money fails…