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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 and the region, Bolivia’s crypto adoption grows to record levels, and Brazil announces a public consultation on accounting rules for digital assets. Meliuz Becomes the…Read More

This content is provided by a sponsor. PRESS RELEASE. The Hack Seasons Conference is going to the iconic Hôtel Barrière Le Majestic in Cannes this summer, promising a powerful day of connection, insight, and industry-defining conversation. Held on Thursday, July 3, HSC’25 is shaping up to be the essential brainport for founders, developers, and VCs…Read More

Researchers associated with AE Studio and the Effective Altruism community have raised concerns about the safety and reliability of Openai’s flagship model, GPT-4o, in a recent opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal. They revealed that a minimal investment of $10 and twenty minutes on Openai’s developer platform allowed them to expose disturbing tendencies within…Read More

The ECB proposal includes the creation of new, standardized savings products that would redirect part of savers’ funds to EU capital markets. To attract savers, these products would harness tax incentives and be offered across all European nations. ECB Proposal to Shift Savings to Capital Markets Gets Labeled as Marxist A blog post revealing a…Read More

Kenya’s crypto startups fear a Binance-linked lobby group could tilt new regulations in the exchange’s favor under the proposed VASP bill. Some crypto startups are raising concerns over Kenya’s proposed virtual asset service providers (VASP) Bill, warning it could hand outsized influence to a Binance-linked lobby group, potentially undermining fair competition in the country’s digital…Read More

In an unprecedented move, the Israeli government is set to purchase a new digital wallet valued at approximately $2.25 million for gambling suspect Shai Siboni, after his original wallet went missing while in police custody. The new wallet will contain 19.15 bitcoin and 83 ethereum, which were confiscated during Siboni’s arrest in 2018. Police officials…Read More

The Central Bank of Bolivia revealed that the use of virtual assets skyrocketed during the first semester of 2025, increasing more than sixfold compared to 2024’s figures. Additionally, operations grew twelve times since last July. Central Bank of Bolivia Reveals Virtual Assets’ Volumes Rose Over 600% in the First Half of 2025 The use of…Read More

Over 25% of Koreans in their 20s to 50s now hold crypto, with 70% looking to expand their investments as virtual assets become central to retirement planning. More than a quarter of South Koreans in their 20s to 50s now own digital assets, with their crypto investments making up 14% of their total financial portfolios,…Read More

Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein told a group of US political leaders that Bitcoin has “essentially saved” citizens living under dictatorships. A Human Rights Foundation executive told a room full of US politicians that Bitcoin continues to prove itself as a powerful tool against authoritarian control, offering an alternative to the mounting ways fiat currency…Read More

ETF analyst Eric Balchunas says REX Shares’ latest Solana staking ETF filing with the SEC suggests the product is ready launch any day now. ETF provider REX Shares is on the verge of launching the first-ever Solana staking exchange-traded fund (ETF), following what analysts describe as a successful response to feedback from the US Securities…Read More

XRP jumped just hours after the company said it is dropping its SEC cross-appeal, Anthony Pompliano makes large Bitcoin buy: Hodler’s Digest XRPs price jumped over 3% on Friday, just hours after Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse said the company is dropping its cross-appeal against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and expects the…Read More

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation. Today in crypto, ETF analysts are confident of REX Shares launching a Solana staking ETF very soon, Coinbase lands on TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies list. Meanwhile,…Read More