Bitcoin Trading at a Higher Premium in Argentina: Selling at $12,000
In the past two weeks, Argentina’s government imposed severe measures on the purchase of US dollars and cryptocurrencies. The country did it to preserve its foreign reserves. As a result, Bitcoin’s demand over peer-to-peer exchanges soared up leading to a staggering 35% premium imposition.
While the mother of all coins (Bitcoin) was trading in the range of $9,300 across the globe, Argentina’s major local exchange Ripio was selling it at $12,556.60. And the premium streak continues even after 24 hours. At press time, Coingecko reports Bitcoin prices to be $9,374.14. But Ripio continues to sell BTC at $12,309.52.
The bitcoin price has been much higher than the global market since October 28th. And it coincides with the day the country’s Central Bank imposed US dollar capital controls. These restrictions pushed Argentinian’s to peer-to-peer exchanges.
Argentina has fallen back into an economic crisis once again. And this is because it failed to learn from its decade-old mistakes. Effectively, the underlying cause of the current situation is the permitted excessive foreign-currency debt.
Source: altcoinbuzz.io
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