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Latam Insights: El Salvador Reinforces Its Bitcoin Allegiance, Milei Drops Crypto From Omnibus Bill

February 5, 2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: El Salvador to deepen its Bitcoin commitment if President Bukele gets reelected, Argentine President Javier Milei drops crypto tax matters from Omnibus Bill, and Venezuela gets hit by gold sanctions. El Salvador to Maintain Bitcoin as Legal Tender El Salvador…
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Bullish on Bitcoin: Global Survey Respondents Anticipate BTC Price Spike to $60K and Beyond in 2024

February 2, 2024
A recent international survey by Bitget has illuminated the crypto market’s hopeful perspective, drawing insights from close to 10,000 individuals across areas such as West Europe, East Europe, Southeast Asia, East Asia, MENA, and Latin America. More than half of the participants globally anticipate that bitcoin prices will hover between $30,000 and $60,000 during the halving period (around…
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EIA Launches ‘Emergency Survey’ on Crypto Mining's Power Use Amid Concerns of Alleged ‘Public Harm’

February 2, 2024
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has gained clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an urgent survey regarding electricity usage by cryptocurrency mining firms across the U.S. The EIA submitted this request on the grounds that “public harm is reasonably likely” should standard operations persist. Biden’s OMB Approves EIA’s Emergency Survey on…
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Ripple Exec Chris Larsen's XRP Accounts Illicitly Accessed, Crypto Exchanges Freeze Assets

February 1, 2024
On Wednesday, Chris Larsen, the co-founder and executive chairman of Ripple, publicly revealed that several of his personal xrp accounts had been illicitly accessed. Larsen explained that the team successfully persuaded crypto exchanges to promptly freeze the affected addresses. $112.5 Million Transferred From Chris Larsen’s Accounts In the realm of social media, specifically within the X…
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