Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, the Brazilian Congress prepares to discuss a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill, El Salvador passes a bitcoin-friendly investment bank law, and the Brazilian CBDC drops its bitcoin element.
Brazilian Lawmakers to Discuss Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill
Brazil could…
Another Win for XRP as Ripple Secures New SEC Waiver, Accelerating Institutional Adoption
August 12, 2025
XRP gains fresh momentum after Ripple secures a new SEC waiver removing a Regulation D disqualification, paving the way for institutional integration, accelerating adoption, boosting capital-raising opportunities, and strengthening market confidence.
Ripple Scores Another…
Analysts believe a bitcoin rally to $127,000 is possible if the cryptocurrency closes above the $120,000 mark with strong volume, but they warn of a potential retest of the $114,000 to $116,000 range if the rally is rejected.
BTC Enters ‘Wait-for-Confirmation’…
Global mining and construction equipment giant Liebherr recently rolled out its first-ever battery electric crawler excavator, setting a new standard in heavy earth-moving equipment capabilities with low noise levels and zero local emissions.
Liebherr has made headlines in the sustainability space with its massive electric haul trucks and stupefyingly quick 6MW cryo-cooled DC fast chargers, but…
Looks like Rivian is working on a steer-by-wire system
August 12, 2025
Rivian has posted a job listing for a steering engineer, specifically mentioning work on a future steer-by-wire system for the company.
Steer-by-wire is an automotive concept that has been around for a long time, but hasn’t yet reached mass adoption. The idea is to replace…
Hyundai cuts IONIQ 5 N lease prices by $150 a month
August 12, 2025
Hyundai’s electric sports car just got a whole lot cheaper. The 2025 Hyundai IONIQ 5 N now costs $150 less per month to lease after another unexpected price cut.
How much is it to lease the 2025 Hyundai IONIQ 5 N?
The new and improved 2025 IONIQ 5 is coming off its best US…
Anthropic’s meteoric rise to a $5 billion revenue run rate conceals a precarious dependence on just two major customers that account for nearly a quarter of the artificial intelligence company’s income, according to internal data and industry analysis that reveals both the promise and peril of the AI coding boom.
The San Francisco-based maker of Claude AI assistant has built its business…
Consider maintaining and developing an e-commerce platform that processes millions of transactions every minute, generating large amounts of telemetry data, including metrics, logs and traces across multiple microservices. When critical incidents occur, on-call engineers…
Cognitive migration is underway. The station is crowded. Some have boarded while others hesitate, unsure whether the destination justifies the departure.
Future of work expert and Harvard University Professor Christopher Stanton commented recently that the uptake of AI has…
Make every pixel count: Master low-light photo editing and turn small lights into big impact
August 11, 2025
Shooting in low light can create magical, cinematic photos – but it also comes with editing challenges. When your image relies on just a few small light sources, getting the right contrast, mood and subject focus can be tricky.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you’ll learn how to enhance low-light photos in Affinity Photo 2 using powerful targeted editing tools like Curve Adjustment Layers…
