Andrés Engler

Andrés Engler is a CoinDesk editor based in Argentina, where he covers the Latin American crypto ecosystem. He follows the regional scene of startups, funds and corporations. His work has been featured in La Nación newspaper and Monocle magazine, among other media. He graduated from the Catholic University of Argentina. He holds BTC.

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Finance

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bond Issuance Apparently Delayed

The country’s finance minister had previously suggested the bond sale could be launched as soon as this week.

Volcano in El Salvador (Galen Rowell/Getty images)

Policy

Argentine Congress Approves IMF Debt Deal That Would Discourage Crypto Usage

The $45 billion loan was approved by the Senate on Thursday night, one week after the Chamber of Deputies passed it.

Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sasha Stories/Unsplash)

Policy

Argentine Senate to Vote on IMF Agreement Discouraging Use of Cryptocurrencies

The letter of intent was signed by both parties on March 3 and already approved by the Chamber of Deputies.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Finance

Crypto Payments Firm Utrust Receives Operating License From Central Bank of Portugal

The company, acquired in January by Elrond, plans to begin operating in Europe as a virtual asset service provider in several months.

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Finance

Oxio Raises $40M to Bring Tokenized Telco Model to US and Brazil

The company's white label product allows any brand to serve as a mobile operator. It’s already working with Grupo Bimbo and other big brands in Mexico.

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Finance

Argentinian Exchange Lemon Cash Expands to Brazil Amid Crypto Boom

The company plans to hire 60 employees in Brazil by the end of 2022.

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Finance

Binance Signs MoU to Acquire Brazilian Securities Brokerage Sim;paul Investimentos

The potential deal comes ahead of legislation that would require proper licensing for overseas crypto exchanges operating in Brazil.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Bryan van der Beek/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Santander Launches Loans Backed by Tokenized Commodities Such as Soy and Corn

The Spanish banking multinational has partnered with Agrotoken, an agricultural commodities tokenization platform, to offer the loans.

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Policy

Spain’s Central Bank Licenses Bit2Me to Be Country’s First Crypto Services Provider

The exchange will be able to provide banks based in Spain with a white-label service for crypto trading on their platforms.

Sede del Banco de España. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Venture capital: las inversiones en cripto en América Latina alcanzaron los $653 millones en 2021

El monto fue casi diez veces superior al registrado en 2020, según la Asociación de Inversión de Capital Privado en América Latina.

Latin America (Leon Overwheel/Unsplash)