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Milei presidential victory fuels optimism in Argentina’s Bitcoin community

After a long and dramatic presidential race, libertarian candidate Javier Milei triumphed in Argentina’s presidential election on Nov. 19.Milei promises to abolish the country’s central bank, among a slew of other radical policy changes capturing the attention and imagination of the crypto community.With 99% of the vote counted on Sunday,

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Popular Bitcoin Advocate Javier Milei Wins Argentina’s Presidential Election

After winning the election on Sunday, Milei, often compared to former United States President Donald Trump, promised drastic changes for Argentina. In a historic turn of events on November 19, Bitcoin-friendly presidential aspirant Javier Milei secured victory in Argentina’s presidential run-off election, defeating his opponent Sergio Massa with 55% of the

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Bitcoin-friendly Javier Milei wins Argentina presidential election

Argentina's Bitcoin (BTC)-friendly Javier Milei won the country’s presidential run-off election on Nov. 19, beating out his opponent Sergio Massa.With almost 99% of the vote counted, Milei won over 55% of the votes with a nearly 3 million vote lead according to Bloomberg data.Massa, the country’s minister of economy, called

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Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy unveils crypto policy

Vivek Ramaswamy, a U.S. Republican presidential candidate, introduced a crypto policy framework designed to safeguard elements of the Web3 space, including non-custodial digital currency wallets. In a document titled “The Three Freedoms of Crypto,” Ramaswamy urged regulators to scale back a significant portion of SEC crypto rules. The proposed framework, unveiled

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Pro-Bitcoin Javier Milei trails as Argentina’s presidential election goes to run-off

Pro-Bitcoin (BTC) presidential candidate Javier Milei failed to secure victory in the first round of the Argentine presidential election and is now set to face off against economy minister Sergio Massa in a Nov. 19 run-off vote.On Oct. 23, election results provided by Bloomberg show with over 90% of the

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Argentinian presidential candidate wants CBDCs to ‘solve’ hyperinflation

Argentinian presidential candidate Sergio Massa has pledged to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC) if elected to “solve” Argentina’s long-lasting inflation crisis.“I am clear that inflation is a huge problem in Argentina,” the country’s second-leading candidate said in an Oct. 2 presidential debate, before outlining how he plans to

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Former MAS chair who called crypto ‘highly risky’ wins Singapore’s presidential race

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, former chair of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, has won the election for the city-state’s presidency with more than 70% of the vote.According to multiple reports from Sept. 2, Shanmugaratnam defeated presidential candidates Ng Kok Song and Tan Kin Lian to become the next president of Singapore with

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