Facts about Latin countries:
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Brazil is the region's top recipient of crypto assets with a value of $150 billion and one of the highest crypto adoption rates — 16 million crypto users

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Mexico has largest crypto remittance corridor, with over $1 billion in transfers and a 400% yearly increase in 2022

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Chile has the most active users of DeFi, with over 45% of all crypto assets transaction volume in 2022

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El Salvador legalized BTC as a legal tender in 2021

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Venezuelans invested $37 billion in crypto in 2022

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The Central Bank of Cuba has officially regulated cryptocurrencies since 2021

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The National Assembly of Panama has approved a bill to regulate and legalize crypto

Market potential

Due to high inflation in Latin American countries, people are moving more and more to crypto to save and increase their capital. Thus, in 2017, 6% of the entire population at least once made a transaction with cryptocurrencies, by 2022 this figure has grown to 51%

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TOP-5 Countries

Latin America is also home to five of this year's top thirty crypto index countries:

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Brazil #7
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Argentina #13
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Colombia #15
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Ecuador #18
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Mexico #28
GDP Growth in 2023 Expected GDP growth rates for different regions of Latin America image
GDP Growth
Latin America and the Caribbean 1.2%
South America 0.6%
Central America and Mexico 2.0%
Central America 3.1%
The Caribbean (excl, Guyana) 3.5%
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