According to recent reports, Nubank is strategically pursuing the acquisition of a small bank in Brazil, driven by new regulatory restrictions that prohibit fintech companies from using banking-related names without…

Itau, Brazil’s largest bank, now recommends allocating up to 3% of investment portfolios to bitcoin, despite the cryptocurrency’s underwhelming performance in 2025. The bank’s recent report emphasizes bitcoin’s potential as…

A draft introduced in the Brazilian Congress seeks to void the recently issued stablecoin rules, arguing they represent regulatory overreach by the central bank. The proposal also accuses the bank…

The Central Bank of Brazil announced it would discontinue the platform used to run drex, the Brazilian CBDC initiative, during its first two phases. Fabio Araujo, the project’s coordinator, stated…

Sherlock Communications, a Latam‑focused firm, said Argentina has consolidated itself as a leader in crypto regulation and adoption in the region over Brazil. While Brazil has a larger crypto market,…

Bitcoin Magazine A Circular Economy and the Four Archetypes of Bitcoiners A few years ago, I made an unlikely bet: to build a Bitcoin circular economy in the heart of…

Bitgo, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency custody provider, recently announced the establishment of a local office in Brazil, where it will aim to acquire customers from the banking sector entering the crypto…

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, the IMF states that El Salvador’s bitcoin…

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, Meliuz claims the bitcoin throne in Brazil…

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this edition, Argentina has achieved its lowest inflation levels in…