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Policy

Argentina Opposition Threatens Milei With Impeachment Over LIBRA Token Tweet: Reuters

An opposition lawmaker said the president should be impeached after promoting and then withdrawing his support for the token.

Argentina's President Javier Milei at Donald Trump's inauguration in 2025 (Getty Images)

Finance

Javier Milei Backtracks on $4.4B Memecoin After 'Insiders' Pocket $87M

Milei deleted his original promotional tweet and revealed that he wasn't aware of its details.

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Finance

Coinbase Receives Approval to Expand Services Into Argentina

Roughly 5 million Argentinians use crypto daily, according to Coinbase.

Flag of Argentina (Angelica Reyes/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

El Salvador and Argentina Regulators Sign Agreement to Help Develop Crypto Industry

Regulators from both countries are looking to collaborate to foster crypto innovation.

Juan Carlos Reyes and Roberto Silva.

Policy

One Year of Javier Milei: Why Argentinian Crypto Folks Can’t Get Enough of Him

Javier Milei isn’t a crypto president, but his fight against inflation has made him a darling of the Argentinian digital asset sector.

President of Argentina Javier Milei (Photo by Tomas Cuesta/Getty Images)

Finance

How a $115M Crypto Fund With Big Ambitions Plans to Invest In Latin America

Hyla Fund Management is starting a new LatAm crypto funds and wants to become the "Goldman Sachs for digital assets."

Paola Origel, the CEO and co-founder of Hyla Fund Management. (Credit: Hyla Fund)

Tech

Buenos Aires Adds ZK Proofs to City App in Bid to Boost Residents' Privacy

The crypto-adjacent tech is meant to give the Argentine capital's 3.6 million residents greater control over their personal data.

The La Boca neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Eduardo Sánchez/Wikimedia Commons).

Finance

Spanish Crypto Exchange Bit2Me Obtains License in Argentina as a Virtual Asset Service Provider

The registry, launched in March by Argentina's National Securities Commission, already has 79 approvals.

Bit2Me CEO, Leif Ferreira. (Bit2Me)

Policy

Venezuela's Election Body Says Nicolas Maduro Reelected President, Opposition Claims Victory Too: Reports

Venezuela's dependence of crypto has been fuelled by a a dire economic situation, international sanctions, and nearly 8 million citizens fleeing the country in the past decade.

Venezuela's election body announced that Nicolas Maduro has won the election, despite the opposition claiming victory. (Shutterstock / StringerAL)

Videos

ARG Token Skyrockets as Argentina Heads to Copa America Final

Argentina, the defending champion of the Copa America soccer tournament, advanced to the finals again on Tuesday after defeating Canada. The team’s success more than doubled the market value of the country's fan token, ARG. According to data source CoinMarketCap, the price of the Argentina Football Association's cryptocurrency has risen more than 100% to above $2 since the semi-final. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents the "Chart of the Day."

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