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Latam Insights: El Salvador’s IMF Bitcoin-Braking Deal and Argentina’s Cyberspace Crypto Patrol

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto and economic news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition of Latam Insights, El Salvador inked an agreement with the IMF that could stop its bitcoin adoption, Argentina announced crypto patrols, and the Brazilian Senate is prepared to discuss crypto.Source link

Trump Names Crypto-Friendly Stephen Miran as Chair of Council of Economic Advisers

President-elect Donald Trump announced over the weekend that he is appointing Stephan Miran, a former Treasury official from the first Trump White House, and current economist with Hudson Bay Capital Management, to chair the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA). The CEA's role is to advise the president on economic issues, including evaluating the effectiveness of federal policies and programs, analyzing economic trends, and crafting recommendations to foster growth and stability.Miran has long been an advocate for crypto, recently appearing on Blockworks' Forward Guidance podcast. He has previously tweeted about how crypto regulations need to be reformed in the U.S. to allow for innovation to flourish.Miran has previously criticized Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell as "wrong politically and economically" for urging...

Binance Founder CZ Warns: Receiving Crypto This Way Could Instantly Empty Your Wallet

Crypto owners risk losing everything by accepting assets via shared private keys or pre-configured wallets, warns Binance’s former CEO, CZ, emphasizing the danger of shared access. CZ Cautions Crypto Users—A Simple Transfer Could Empty Everything Changpeng Zhao (CZ), former CEO of crypto exchange Binance, issued a cautionary message to cryptocurrency holders, emphasizing the dangers ofSource link

Ripple Moves Big Money, RLUSD Sees Distribution, XRP Holds Key $2 Support

Ripple’s XRP has managed to maintain its position above $2, despite an 8.2% dip against the U.S. dollar this week. Over the weekend, massive onchain XRP transactions caught attention, and the network’s stablecoin, RLUSD, reached a market valuation of $53 million. Whale Alerts Pop Recent weeks have seen XRP make substantial strides, fueled by speculationSource link

This Week in Crypto Games: Santa Brings Bitcoin, Ethereum Token Launch Frenzy

Catch up on this week’s biggest crypto and NFT gaming news and find some weekend reads in our latest roundup.Source link