With the election of crypto-friendly President Javier Milei, Argentina has solidified its stance, ratifying that Bitcoin can serve as a valid currency in official contracts. Diana Modino ...

The newly-elected President of Argentina, Javier Milei, speaking after the polls closed in the presidential runoff on November 19, 2023, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Getty Images The Argentine peso ...

Milei tore down most currency controls last month, easing access for Argentines to official currency markets after six years of restrictions. That is not good news for the street traders ...

Argentina’s government has unveiled an ambitious scheme to bring billions of undeclared U.S. dollars tucked under mattresses ...

Luis Robayo/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Mr. Milei’s comments ... a $40 billion infusion of dollars to switch Argentina’s official currency, though it is unclear he would get that ...

The Argentine peso has had a tumultuous life. In the 1980s it was temporarily dethroned by a new currency called the austral. An arranged marriage with the dollar in 1991 produced some years of ...