Tokenization or cheating? The Venezuelan bolivar sneaks into Ethereum without liquidity

99% of the supply is in three anonymous wallets, facilitating market manipulations. With zero price and automatic activity, the token acts as a bait for phishing. The Ethereum infrastructure today allows almost any currency in the world to be represented, but not all “tokenization” is synonymous with security. In fact, behind a bolivar or the … Read more

The prohibition of CBDC … does Ripple/XRP technology obsolete?

Ripple will not have the dollar, world reserve currency, in its CBDCS network. CBDC are not dead: Europe still believes in them. Yesterday, January 23, an executive order of the president of the United States announced the complete prohibition of the CBDC and the immediate termination of all the activities already initiated related to them. … Read more

The prohibition of CBDC … does Ripple/XRP technology obsolete?

Ripple will not have the dollar, world reserve currency, in its CBDCS network. CBDC are not dead: Europe still believes in them. Yesterday, January 23, an executive order of the president of the United States announced the complete prohibition of the CBDC and the immediate termination of all the activities already initiated related to them. … Read more

BCRA issues measures to promote “currency competition”

The initiative seeks to equalize the efficiency of payment methods, both in pesos and dollars. Javier Milei’s government has supported the idea of ​​free currency competition in the economy. This Thursday, the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA) announced a series of measures to promote currency competition in the economy. These regulations seek to … Read more

Dollar gains strength against currencies of US political rivals

In recent weeks, the currencies of several countries have fallen to levels not seen for years. The Indian rupee is at minimum levels and the yuan reached prices not seen since 2008. The US dollar has shown gains against the Chinese yuan, Japanese yen, Russian ruble and Indian rupee in recent weeks. This phenomenon of … Read more

In Venezuela, twice as many dollars circulate as bolivars in cash

In bolivars, only the equivalent of 3.24 billion dollars circulates, estimates say. The dollars circulating in Venezuela are stagnant because dollarization is informal. In Venezuela, the circulation of US dollars in cash doubled that of bolivars, the local currency. According to the most recent study by the socioeconomic analysis firm Ecoanalítico, in November of this … Read more

The use of the dollar decreases in Venezuela, why is this?

Under current economic conditions in Venezuela, everyday transactions are controlled by the bolivar, the local currency. Although it is something logical to think, this occurs in the midst of an economy that, for several years, was practically controlled by the US dollar informally. According to the most recent study from the socioeconomic analysis firm Ecoanalítica, … Read more

Why didn’t Milei dollarize or close the Central Bank?

In practice, coin competition is already happening, says Milei. In order to close the BCRA, it is first necessary to clean it up. Javier Milei, current president of Argentina, came to power making unusual promises. Among them was the establishment of a regime of free currency competition (popularly referred to as “dollarization”) and the closure … Read more

How will the US having a reserve in bitcoin strengthen the dollar?

Donald Trump’s recent victory in the United States presidential election has opened a discussion: can bitcoin, a decentralized currency, become an ally to strengthen the US dollar? This debate focuses on a key promise of his campaign: the creation of a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve. According to a Report by Zack Shapiropolicy director at the Bitcoin … Read more

we are not looking to abandon the dollar

Russian President Vladimir Putin denied that Russia is seeking to abandon the use of the US dollar in its international transactions. This statement came this week during his speech at the Valdai International Discussion Club, where he took the opportunity to congratulate Donald Trump on his victory in the recent United States presidential election. “We … Read more