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

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)

Finance

Latin American Exchange Bitso Taps Coincover for Security Services

Bitso will use Coincover’s non-custodial disaster recovery service and its risk engine to monitor outgoing transactions in real time.

ddos (Shutterstock)

Policy

Binance to Pay $1.7M to Brazilian Securities Commission to End Probe Into Unauthorized Derivatives Offering

The Latin American country's agency had rejected Binance’s previous proposal, made in August 2023, to end an investigation into its derivatives products.

(Vadim Artyukhin/Unsplash)

Finance

Digital Assets Infrastructure Provider Parfin Raises $10M in Series A Funding

The company plans to reach $16 million by the end of a second closing.

Parfin co-founders (left to right): Alex Buelau, Marcos Viriato and Cristian Bohn (Parfin)

Finance

Tokenized Asset Issuer Backed to Offer Crypto RWAs in LatAm With eNor Securities

ENor Securities, an exchange based in El Salvador, will offer Backed’s bTokens to retail investors in Latin America.

Latin America (Leon Overwheel/Unsplash)

Policy

Binance Says Venezuela Platform Is Being Hit by Access Restrictions

The Venezuelan government has blocked various websites, including the social network X, following allegations of fraud in the July 28 presidential elections.

(Ronal Labrador/Unsplash)

Policy

Brazil’s Securities and Exchange Commission Approves Solana-Based ETF

The product now has to be approved by the local stock exchange, B3.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Raphael Nogueira/Unsplash)

Policy

Brazilian Civil Police Dismantles Crypto Laundering Scheme Employed by Drug Gang

The criminal group used a company that functioned as a crypto exchange.

(Ramon Buçard/Unsplash)

Policy

Pro-Bitcoin Candidate Javier Milei Snags Primary Presidential Elections in Argentina

Milei had been tabbed to finish no higher than third in Sunday’s preliminary election.

Argentina presidential candidate Javier Milei (Getty images)