Latin America’s Thirst for Cryptoassets

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EA Podcast | Episode 3

In most developed countries, cryptoassets are mainly speculation assets. In Latin America, on the other hand, they function as money and cross-border payment vehicles. Cristóbal Pereira, a Chilean entrepreneur and financial educator, explains the crypto industry’s potential for the millions of unbanked and underbanked.

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Visit LatAm Tech.
Read our backgrounder on Brazilian neobanks.
“Chilean Court Orders Two Major Banks to Keep Open Checking Accounts of Crypto Exchange,” Bitcoin.com.
“Bitcoin in Troubled Economies: The Potential of Cryptocurrencies in Argentina and Venezuela,” by Andrés Cifuentes.
“Crypto Remittances Prove Their Worth in Latin America,” CoinDesk.
“Brazilian Stock Exchange Approves Two New Crypto ETFs,” Cointelegraph.
“First Bitcoin ETF Hits the Santiago Stock Exchange,” INA News.