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Bitcoin Transactions: New High for Argentina as Confidence in the Peso Tanks

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Bitcoin Transactions: New High for Argentina as Confidence in the Peso Tanks


Crisis laden Argentina saw bitcoin transactions worth $1.4 million (101 million pesos) being recorded in the past week, a new high for the country.

According to a report by Vorem, this figure is nearly double the previous high of $0.96 million recorded in the last week of June.

Citizens who have previously “watched their currency lose value are now turning to bitcoin” and those finding it difficult to “transfer fiat money to other countries” now make use of the cryptocurrency.

The Argentine financial troubles, which started in 2018, worsened following the Covid-19 induced economy lockdown.

The country’s peso currency is depreciating while the inflation rate is growing.

According to a World Bank report, issued just as the country implemented lockdown measures, Argentina’s economic situation presents a precarious balance.

The Argentine peso has lost 68% of its value since 2018. Annual inflation is over 50% and after a 2.5% fall in GDP in 2018, the economy contracted an additional 2.2% in 2019.

Already government data for the first three months show the economy shrank 4.8%. Unemployment rose to over 10% in the same period.

Meanwhile, Vorem quotes “analysts” predicting the economy to shrink by 10% by the end of 2020.

Argentina, one of Latin America’s largest economies, has faced persistent economic troubles going back several decades.

The crises are blamed on several factors including an insistence on using an overvalued currency, large scale borrowing as well as a lack of financial support by multilateral institutions.

After the crisis between 2001 and 2002, the country dollarized as it tried to restore confidence. That policy was abandoned in favor of a returning peso.

Again, prominent economists are calling for a return to dollarization but as the Vorem report suggests, citizens “might be seeking a safe haven in crypto assets” instead.


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