Stablecoins and Argentina: Made for Each Other Blockchain, the distributed ledger technology behind cryptoassets, has been surreptitiously gaining its ubiquitous presence in the daily financial lives of Argentines over the last decade. The successive hyperinflation crises, which have afflicted the country since the launch of bitcoin in January 2009, accelerated the adoption of the digital
© Reuters. Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei for La Libertad Avanza coalition gestures next to Carolina Piparo, candidate for Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires, during a campaign rally in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 12, 2023. REUT By Horacio Soria and Juan Bustamante LA PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) – Wielding a chainsaw above
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A costumer counts money before buying tangerines in a green grocery store, as Argentines struggle amid rising inflation, in Buenos Aires, Argentina May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo By Miguel Lo Bianco and Claudia Martini BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentines, up against painful annual inflation at 113% and rising, are running
5/5 © Reuters. Cattle run in front of Juan Carlos Ardohain, 49, on a farm he rents in San Vicente, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina August 10, 2023. REUTERS/Tomas Cuesta 2/5 By Maximilian Heath and Miguel Lo Bianco SAN VICENTE, Argentina (Reuters) – In Argentina’s grains fields and cattle ranches, farmers are hoping
