In January 2018, with the demand for bitcoins is high, in Argentina. That is, research of the Arcane to Research and see. This research looked at the weekly volume of purchased bitcoins with Argentine pesos.
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Every week handeslvolume continues to grow
By 2018, it crashed the bitcoin price is the ultimate apogee of $ 20,000, to about 3,500 dollars. It is precisely in that period of time, the weekly trading volume in the bitcoin for pesos, in Argentina, has increased tremendously. It has been suggested that this is because the country will not be able to meet their foreign debts. That amounts to 65 billion dollars.
Arcane Research shows that the weekly volume of bitcoin purchases and sales in Argentine pesos, as from January 2018, with 1028 market.
(1 and 2) Argentines are dumping record amounts, or wake-up for #bitcoin on @LocalBitcoins: as the government is about to default on its debt https://t.co/rSYFq8gDSD and the currency is suffering from inflation. (Source: @Coin_Dance) pic.twitter.com/oTFYadike4
— Arcane Research (@ArcaneResearch) – April 23, 2020
The volume in BTC and USD, it showed, however, a significant increase from, respectively, 407%, and 139%.
(2/2) The volume has increased 1028% in Argentine pesos, of 407% in BTC, and 139% in USD) since the beginning of 2018, showing a substantial growth in real terms as well. pic.twitter.com/BTvH4kKH2P
— Arcane Research (@ArcaneResearch) – April 23, 2020
The creditors want money
At this moment the wrestling world, with the creditors about repayment. They want to put this off until 2023, and a default is imminent, so be it. On Wednesday of last week, missing the land, and a scheduled payment of approximately $ 500 million. Now, the 30-day countdown before the official default.
Argentina has the money for this is due to mainly to American creditors, including BlackRock, Fidelity, Ashmore, and T Rowe Price because of the debt securities.
Bitcoin is independent from fiat
But why buy so many investors in the South American nation country other than bitcoin? Probably for the same reason that the western world has so many people in the coronacrisis bitcoin is to buy it.
The global reach of the corona virus, is still on the top of the financial crisis in Argentina. As a result, the country is a lot harder than a lot of other countries as well. In addition, the Financial Times, is that all of the measures that will be used for the Argentinean economy to stabilize, may result in deflation of the peso.
No wonder that occupiers and investors are looking for an alternative, one that is completely separate from the existing fiat currency.