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Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Honduras opens a central bank digital currency (CBDC) consultation, Venezuela applies officially to join BRICS, and Trubit launches Pix payment integration in Brazil. Honduras Opens CBDC Issuance Public Consultation The Central Bank of Honduras has opened a public consultation regarding issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The public consultation marks the next phase of a plan to modernize the country’s payment systems. In a report issued by the bank, titled “The Future of Money and Payments in Honduras, which route to Follow?” the institution considers the implications and changes it must apply to its legal system to adopt a CBDC. The poll asks users about the central bank’s role in the national payments system, proposing a series of options to modernize it, including launching a CBDC, designing a bank-managed payments system, and prom

The Indian Presidency of G20 has put forward proposals for a roadmap to introducing a global regulatory framework for crypto assets. India believes a more coordinated policy will be needed to enforce international standards in the field and adequately minimize associated risks. India’s G20 Presidency Provides Its Input for FSB and IMF Global Crypto Regulatory Roadmap India, the current President of the Group of 20 forum of the world’s largest economies ( G20 ), has made some suggestions regarding the regulation of crypto assets. With the proposals, New Delhi seeks to help prioritize certain “areas of work essential to achieving a comprehensive, cohesive and coordinated global policy” for the sector. In a Presidency Note released on Aug. 1, India said that while “considerable work” has been done so far by intergovernmental organizations to prepare regulatory standards for the crypto industry, it believes that more coordination is needed to consistently implement regulations adopted

Worldcoin’s native cryptocurrency, worldcoin (WLD), has oscillated in value between $2.69 and $2.13 per token throughout the preceding 12 days, peaking at $3.30 per coin on July 24, 2023. The number of individual addresses possessing WLD under Worldcoin’s umbrella has surged by more than 148%, escalating from 164,195 wallets to a figure of 408,721 unique addresses. Worldcoin’s Unique Addresses Soar 148% From July 24, 2023, to Saturday, August 5, Worldcoin’s native asset WLD has maintained a median average price of $2.41 per token over the course of the past 12 days. On that specific day, WLD achieved an unprecedented high of $3.30 per unit, only to witness a decline of 35.55% by August 5. Conversely, WLD also touched an all-time low of $1.66 on July 24, but the price has since rebounded, climbing more than 27% from that low. In the week leading up to August 5, WLD’s value has eroded by 9.2% against the U.S. dollar, with 1.7% of that loss occurring on August 5 alone. What has impr

The Russian government has legally recognized digital currencies issued by other nations, local crypto media reported. The respective legislative changes have been made alongside the adoption of a dedicated law regulating the introduction of Russia’s own digital ruble. Amendments Legalizing Foreign CBDCs Enter Into Force in Russia Russian authorities have granted digital currencies of other states a similar status to that of the digital ruble, the Russian crypto news outlet Bits.media informed readers on Thursday, quoting the government’s official online portal for legal information. The recognition of other central bank digital currencies ( CBDCs ), such as China’s digital yuan , for example, has been done through amendments to Russia’s federal law “On currency regulation and currency control” which entered into force on Aug. 1, the report details. The update adds to the definition of foreign currency the text “issued in digital form by the national central bank of a foreign sta