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

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

Finance

Latin American E-Commerce Giant Mercado Libre Launches U.S. Dollar-Tied Stablecoin

Customers of Mercado Libre digital bank subsidiary Mercado Pago will be able to buy and sell Meli Dollar with their Brazilian reais balances.

A Mercado Libre distribution centre. (Ministry of Economy, Government of Chile)

Finance

Second Solana ETF Approved in Brazil

The product will be launched by Brazil-based asset manager Hashdex in partnership with local investment bank BTG Pactual.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Raphael Nogueira/Unsplash)