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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Policy

IMF Urges El Salvador Again to Strengthen Regulatory Framework and Oversight of Bitcoin

The IMF has been asking El Salvador for changes regarding its bitcoin law since its adoption in 2021.

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. (Government of El Salvador, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Ripple Partners With Brazilian Exchange Mercado Bitcoin to Offer Business-Focused Payments Solution

Mercado Bitcoin plans to offer its corporate and retail customers support for international payments, allowing users to transact with Brazilian Reais.

Payments network built on Sui (Steve Johnson/Unsplash)

Finance

Circle's USDC in Brazil and Mexico Now Available to Businesses Via Banking System

Previously, the stablecoin could only be purchased through crypto exchanges.

(Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

Policy

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele to Present Debt-Free Budget for 2025

Bukele spoke during the commemoration of 203 years of El Salvador independence.

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. (Government of El Salvador, modified by CoinDesk)

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)

Finance

Latin American Crypto Exchange Ripio Unveils DeFi Credit Card With Visa

The card will allow users to access up to 30% of blocked assets in a liquidity pool.

Ripio CEO Sebastian Serrano (Ripio)

Finance

Tether's $100M Investment in LatAm Agriculture Firm May Be a Tokenization Play

Adecoagro is a founder and partial owner in an Argentina-based agricultural commodities tokenization platform Agrotoken.

Tether already holds a minority stake in the agricultural commodities producer. (Unsplash/Getty Images)

Policy

Visa and Santander Selected by Brazil’s Central Bank for a Second Phase of CBDC Pilot

In May 2023, the BCB selected 14 participants for the first phase of the pilot.

BlackRock's iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) coming to Brazil’s B3 exchange (Unsplash)

Finance

BlackRock Lists Ethereum ETF on Brazilian Stock Exchange

The company earlier this year listed its iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF in the South American country.

BlackRock's iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) coming to Brazil’s B3 exchange (Unsplash)

Policy

Sam Altman's Worldcoin Violated Data Policies, Colombia Regulator Says

Worldcoin is currently collecting data of individuals with its Orb device in 25 locations of the Latin American country.

Colombia