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

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

Crypto VC Investments in Latin America Grew Almost Tenfold in 2021 to $653M

Consumer-facing crypto exchanges and retail trading platforms received the majority of funding, according to the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America.

Latin America (Leon Overwheel/Unsplash)

Finance

Berkshire Hathaway Invests $1B in Brazilian Digital Bank Nubank, Reduces Mastercard, Visa Positions

The share purchase was made in the last quarter of 2021, according to an SEC filing.

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Finance

Coinbase Enables Mexican Users to Easily Cash Out of Crypto Sent to Them

The exchange plans to offer the service in other countries where customers face similar challenges with remittances.

Mexico City

Policy

El Salvador Bitcoin Bond Issuance Coming as Soon as March 15: Finance Minister

In a TV appearance, Alejandro Zelaya also confirmed that the coupon for the paper will be 6.5%.

El Salvador (Esaú González, Unsplash)

Finance

El Salvador Using Crypto Software Firm AlphaPoint to Fix Chivo Wallet Problems

Users of the state-run bitcoin wallet have complained about duplication of identity and the disappearance of funds.

Un cajero automático Chivo en San Salvador, El Salvador (Camilo Freedman/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images)